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I was divorced in Scotland in 2009 and signed a Minute of Agreement with my ex- wife covering all aspects of the divorce including child maintenance for my daughter. This agreement makes me liable to pay child maintenance until my daughter is 25 if she is in full-time education. This is far in excess of the CSA requirements and fortunately, the minute of agreement states that the CSA can overrule the child maintenance provisions. However, I cannot apply to the CSA, as I am working in Switzerland.
I am hoping to retire next year, when I will be 60 and my daughter 18. I want to help her through through university university's she wants to go, but not at the current maintenance rate of 1000 pounds/month. I feel very trapped by this minute of agreement and have even contemplated returning to the UK before my daughter leaves school next June, to make an application to the CSA. However, this would leave me without a job, which would be a long term financial disadvantage to everyone.
Does anyone know another way out of this mess?
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