Good morning.
My ex and I are in the process of agreeing a consent order to move to equal 50:50 shared care. We will be alternating 7 night stints throughout the year. This is from a previous arrangement where she had slightly more time than I. I am therefore currently paying child maintenance, but believe after the change I should not be as all time and costs of the children will be our individual responsibilities during our time.
I just want to make sure I get the wording right in the consent order so as to not cause any problems. I have read stories of people trying to let CMS know that they have now moved to equal care but there being issues in them stopping child maintenance because of the exact wording, or a difference in interpretation between equal time and equal cost of care. I note the CMS calculator doesn't return £0 when you enter "half time" into the calculator. I can't understand why this is!?
Please can you good folk advise how the consent order should be worded to ensure CMS agree that we are now providing fully equal care and there is not paying parent anymore?
At various places online I've seen wording such as:
- 50:50 shared care
- equal day to day care
- shared live with order
What is the correct wording so I don't end up in a minefield with CMS please?
Would really value your responses. Many thanks
Hi,
Ideally it should be an order that states children live with both parents, and there is equal day to day care.
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