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Do I legally have to pay for my daughter’s travel costs?
I’m currently payining my ex csa which is £280 per month and my eldest daughter has now started college, and my ex now is asking for more money to pay for her travelling costs to and from college. I’m also paying 55 pound a month for Both my daughters for 2 mobile phones and money when ever she needs to go towards there school uniform as and when needed.
My question is do I legally have to pay her more to help with her travelling cost or what I’m paying is enough and therefore do not need to pay her more. As I feel the csa payment per month should go towards this.
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Wow what a lovely father!!! No I don’t think you should pay anything else! My children’s dad doesn’t pay a penny for his kids and we are left struggling financially!
Of course you don’t!!!! You are legally complying with UK legislation by adhering to what the CSA have assessed you to pay. If the ex has a problem, suggest she phones the CSA who will tell her that she isn’t entitled to ‘travel’ money.
No you pay 20 percent end off no more. Anything else you give is upto you but they cant take more than that unless the csa make up arrears that dont exsist to get more from u and they usually do
No she should use what you pay in child support to pay for travel! Shes just being greedy
Your right. What you pay through the csa is what you pay. Don’t pay anymore on top. Unless it’s what you want to do
The csa covers thos cost. As its from your to the cost of the upkeep. The upkeep is just that. If your not paying the csa scum then ok you might need to help out. But the csa is there for when there is no upkeep . So the answer is no. You dont need to pay more than the csa. The csa covers full cost.
Csa is for the up keep of your daughter put a roof over her head heat food clothing , when u think of it 280 ain’t a great deal , a mix up at the shop is two friggin quid. It’s up to you but I think the mothers fair askin u to pay half why shud the mother have to pull it out ? I see your point but I also see hers
NO! NO! NO! You are already paying. I receive not a penny from my ex for our little one.. It doesn’t bother me. A pat on the back to you.
It’s up to you if you wish to pay more, but it sounds as if you are already paying more than you should do. If you can afford it and are happy to pay more then fine if you know that is actually benefiting your children. Unfortunately in a lot of cases the extra money is more about benefiting the exe’s lifestyle as many fathers would agree. If you can’t afford to pay more, then there is the strong possibilitie depending on the bitterness level of your ex is, that you will suddendly get restricted access to your children, and suddenly you are a bad father etc, etc.
I think that a half share of this new expense is completely fare but like others have said often extra money is to supplement lifestyle. All said and done helping your children is correct and proper
Jason so true, however I don’t stop contact between my ex and OUR daughter.. I don’t have any rights to.. I know many NRP’s that are though.. it’s disgusting.
No the csa payment covers all that and she shudnt be asking for more money thats just plain greed x
Myself I’m shocked by this type of questions. Realistically what is suppose to be covered by 280£/m for 2 kids? CSA is absolutely out of reality when it comes to actually calculate what’s the real cost of a child upbringing. These are ur kids so once again ill say instead of being cheap asking if you should pay or not just increase your level of income and provide the best for ur kids. If u don’t pay than who is suppose to do so? Ur neighbour maybe? I feel sorry for all these kids. I use to live in China where some people wouldn’t earn more than 400£ and will invest half of it to provide for their kids!!!thats what I call parenthood not like people discussing wether they should pay or not pennies for their own flesh and blood.
BOTH parents are meant to support the child/ren financially NOT just the non resident parent! We’ve had all this with our PWC to the point we were giving extra to pay for glasses but the money paid a phone bill instead… several times we paid for things like laptops before we stopped it. In my opinion she gets child support so she should pay the travel expenses.
If you can afford to yes if not then no.
Your being mugged off my friend. She is being greedy and selfish, your doing way more than enough, there is no need for you to do more, I can not believe you are paying out so much, she should be using the money you already provide to pay for anything the girls need.
Yes indeed both parents are meant to support and not only financially. However time is money and even by receiving thousands of thousands nobody would ever pay for the time the parent in charge has to invest in the upbringing but this u’ll never know until you experience it.
Also here what’s actually shocking to me is how people can discuss publicly pennies to be invested toward their own flesh. So what I sincerely think is that people always want to find excuses instead of solutions and I feel sorry for all those unlucky kids who didn’t ask anthg and are being gifted by cheap parents. Lot of those parents have no pbl into spending for strangers, partying or going out but will discuss wether 10£ more or less is necessary for their own kids. I’m happy to invest 100% of my income toward my baby and I can’t fathom people thinking in any other way. Those r kids and real life cost for 2 kids is evthg except 200£. Only my one kid cost me triple that amount not mentioning time investment and organisation.
Oh and not mentioning what’s being put as savings to pay for her studies and future property buy.
Oh and this goes without mentioning the savings I’m putting aside to pay for her study as well as building a deposit for her future property acquisition. I’m sure not so many of those complaining abt few hundred pounds are actually even thinking and taking responsibility for their kids future since they r not really assuming the present. And for those complaining about not having enough income, this is their own faults because in this world u either find excuses or solutions. We are all responsible for our own situation
No legally you don’t but morally it’s down to you
Alot of pwcs get benefits on top of their maintenance where an nrp gets none, so equal share is never going to be an option unless that is halved too to make it fair.
Typical Greedy PWC, probably can’t afford to Drink and Smoke without the extra money, and I presume Fadela Seddini is a PWC so has no fucking clue what a NRP goes through.
They’re your kids, they sound old enough (particularly the one in college) for you to speak directly & not via your ex, you pay your csa, anything else is up to you. Personally I’d say if you can afford to help your daughter out then do it. Let’s face it, if your kids were living with you you’d be paying a whole lot more than £280 a month (we all know how expensive teenage daughters can be) give it to her direct, take the ex out of the equation.
@ Fedela Seddini – what planet are you living on, it certainly isn’t earth….without being subsidies what do YOU pay WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT for your kids…. NOTHING I’ll assume… Responsibility for our actions.. Jesus Christ.. Did you grow up with ET??
the CSA dictate the amount required based on unrealistic facts and lies… Not because it’s looking after the children but because the staff want their bonus…
Fact …. 2 parents… 2 incomes… 2 outgoings…. Simples…
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