Recently my partners child support has risen significantly as he hasnt had his children and even when visitations start again she will still get significantly more than she ever has (my partners salary for the past tax year went up but not as significant as the rise in Shild Support Payments). She is with holding the children and consent orders as she demads he pays 50% of the childrens school fees plus basketball fees. He only has them 2 nights a fortnight. She only works 2 days a week and all kids are at school. Should be pay for the additional items?
Payment in addition to Child Support
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Does he have consent orders?
How much time does he want with the kids?
Has he done mediation
Options...
1. Refuse to pay, go to court.
2. Pay under the condition she agrees to additional time. She wont because she knows she will lose more child support on a fortnightly basis than he will be paying with the additional payments.
3. Continue paying - pay pay pay... For 6 months, under the condition that she agree to more time with the kids (if that is what he wants.) Then stop payments and as soon as she withholds apply to court. See that way he will have a history of having additional time and it will be heaps easier to get more time through court.
4. Offer consent orders that provide additional time and that he pay additional child support. This suxs in some respects, but it gets him time with the kids and that is the most important thing and is probably cheaper over the years than paying solicitors and is less stressful.
5. Self represent - go to court without solicitors....
There is some food for thought for you.
How much time does he want with the kids?
Has he done mediation
Options...
1. Refuse to pay, go to court.
2. Pay under the condition she agrees to additional time. She wont because she knows she will lose more child support on a fortnightly basis than he will be paying with the additional payments.
3. Continue paying - pay pay pay... For 6 months, under the condition that she agree to more time with the kids (if that is what he wants.) Then stop payments and as soon as she withholds apply to court. See that way he will have a history of having additional time and it will be heaps easier to get more time through court.
4. Offer consent orders that provide additional time and that he pay additional child support. This suxs in some respects, but it gets him time with the kids and that is the most important thing and is probably cheaper over the years than paying solicitors and is less stressful.
5. Self represent - go to court without solicitors....
There is some food for thought for you.
In the end, this boils down to the well being of the kids.
Using them to bargain with to extract extra money is exactly as barbaric as it sounds.
But, reality check.
If you can pay, then pay.
Why? So that the kids can play basketball and not get caught in the crossfire.
But maybe don't give the ex the money directly.
Consider making a new Private Agreement, and consider a thing called "third party payments".
Using them to bargain with to extract extra money is exactly as barbaric as it sounds.
But, reality check.
If you can pay, then pay.
Why? So that the kids can play basketball and not get caught in the crossfire.
But maybe don't give the ex the money directly.
Consider making a new Private Agreement, and consider a thing called "third party payments".
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