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I am highly confused:-
My partner has a child with his ex that he did not consent to. Payments are 470 a month. We do not have children and have the child one night every other weekend.
If me and my partner have a baby it goes down to £406 a month (£70 to now account for our new child is laughable and insulting)
Yet if I split from my partner and I claim CSA from him through them whilst he lives in his mums paying nothing extra a month and remains paying half of everything and he states this on his application then his payments go down to 298 for his ex partner and I get £298 a month instead of £70?
How on earth is this fair first of all and secondly why do we have to be split up and living in separate homes (With absolutely no difference to bills and payments) for the payment to reduce for him by £298? What on earth kind of system is this.
I understand kids need to be taken care of but the CSA need to have a strong look at how they treat children for future relationships. Why should our child not receive £470 from him a month?
Are CSA trying to say our child doesn’t deserve an extra £298 a month unless we’re split up?🤣
hi, yes unfortunately it is a very outdated system. MP's and some public figures are trying to have CMS reformed.
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