Relevant background: Ex moved approx. 72 miles away. Wanted to change kids schools. I disagreed and am fighting it in court. Current order is they live with me, visit her every other weekend, she collects them from school mon, tue + wed and brings them to me by 7pm on those days. Awaiting next court date but Cafcass recommends they stay with me. She has just started a new job in the vicinity of where she lives, previously was keeping her old job and commuting the 70+ miles each way however often she was working. Complete madness.
I currently get the CB and CM from her.
She apparently recently applied for the CB to be re assigned to her. I have just mailed back the forms to let HMRC know the current state of play.
She has also applied for a variation on the child maintenance on the grounds that she has to travel so far. Surely, since she is the one thats moved it shouldnt come out of my pocket?
Thoughts welcome. Thanks.
Hi, yes with CMS it is possible for non resident parent to claim travel expenses for child contact. I don't think it will reduce her payments to you by much.
@bill337 she's claiming £25 per week so yeah I doubt it'll be much.
But do I have grounds to dispute it based in the fact it was her that moved away? I would understand if I had moved away and caused her extra travel expenses.
@caddyshack no I don't think you would have grounds to dispute. Child contact arrangements and maintenance are treated as 2 totally separate issues. Sadly there are many dads in situation where ex moves hundreds of miles away with kids. They do all the travelling, and claim costs from CMS if their aware about expense policy.