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Can he just change payments?

I have been divorced 5+ years and my maintenance was agreed as part of the divorce.

I have 1 daughter by my ex husband. My Ex has paid the agreed 350.00 per month since the divorce. He works as an IT systems analyst.

I live with my current partner and my ex lives with his. He has advised that he is going to reduce my maintenance to 280.00 per month. does he have to apply to the courts or a solicitor etc to agree this?

7 thoughts on “Can he just change payments?

  1. Wow. Count yourself lucky you were/are getting so much for 1 child and be bloody greatful. Don’t you think he has to live and support his new family or do you think it’s just about you?
    If its a private arrangement then that’s a lot of cash for 1 child, and he has a moral right to reduce It to that amount that I think is fair. I pay £300 for my child through this scum CSA.
    If it his amount is what the CSA have told him he has to pay ? Then he can’t just decide to reduce it, they will dictate what he pays. If they ain’t involved? Stay away from them, he will only recent you and them because they will bleed him dry.
    On the other hand if you open a claim now? You could end up getting less than the £ 260 he wants to reduce it to. Also bare in mind, CSA is in the throws of chaging to CMS and will charge you £20 to open a claim and then charge your ex an extra 20% of top of his Cm and. Deduct 4% each month from what they hand over to you, if neither of you can agree a direct payment that does not involve the CMS. They will overwise step in and charge. You will, under the new system, have no say in the matter as to your ex paying you direct, unless you have good grounds ie, you don’t know where he is or is violent etc etc , or he has a track record of non payment or avoidance etc . If the CMS see hes been compliant in the past, they will let him pay you direct, if you are obstructive about it ? I have read many times that they will wave his charge but still deduct 4% from you.
    So if you have not involved the CSA? DON’T They are more trouble than they are worth. £260 a month is still very generous of him and count yourself lucky. Work together and it could be mutually better for him and his child you have. Be greedy and he will just resent you and back off and even decide to reduce the payment even more?
    Gonk

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