Child support

[laurajane1982]

Hi girls,

Just a quick question on how much child support you recieve if any from your fob's?

Mine is making a right song and dance about it, telling me hes going around asking everyone and trying to work out how much things cost, I know im going to end up going through csa in the end. He earns about £40000 a year, has no mortgage as he mum died and the inheritance paid it all off, plus over time as hes a police officer.

What would you think is a reasonable amount for him to contribute??

Any help would be apprieciated.

xx

 

[LucyintheSky]

It depends on how much you make and how much of the time the baby will be with him.

Where are you from? There is a child support estimator website if you're from the US. Not sure about other countries.

 

[laurajane1982]

Im from the uk, i have looked at the calculators for the uk csa but just wondered what women out there who havent gone through csa get

 

[purpledahlia]

I dont get anything so cant help but it seems he has a good salary so i would imagine you'd get quite a substantial amount by going through CSA.

 

[netty]

you should get 10% of his monthly salary I think?

 

[xSophieBx]

Its 15% of their wages. So u'd get a very reasonable amount through CSA if his earning 40k. Make sure u apply for CSA as soon as babies here, I made the mistake of waiting for him to do a private agreement with me to save the hassle but he kept putting it off so put my claim in to CSA in september last year and its only getting back dated to october cos he didn't get in contact with them! & I'm still not getting regular money. x

 

[jess_smurf]

15% of his wage after tax goes to you contact csa straight away do not let him do a private agreement as he can stop it when he feels like it !

 

[LucyintheSky]

I agree, I would not do a private arrangement. Even if you are agreeing and friends in the beginning, as soon as you do something to make him upset, he can stop paying and you'll be screwed over. Unfortunately that happened to a friend of mine. Also, chances are he won't agree with a number you come up with. If he makes $40,000 a year you should get a good amount each month, but he might not agree that you should get as much.

I get $650 a month in CS & my sons father would never pay that much on his own accord, but he has to because it's in the paperwork. On that note, he only makes $20,000 a year is paying $650 a month if that gives you any idea. I'm in the US though, so I just looked up a currency converter. In your conversion my ex makes 13,748.73 EUR & pays 446.819 EUR monthly. But here they can also take up to 55% of the wages, not just 15%.

 

[pinkflamingo]

Just a note to add is that the way the CSA works is on the verge of a change and all current accounts with them will start to be closed on the old system this summer. There is a link on their website as to how the government plans to change the system.
They are wanting to encourage people to agree to private arrangements with the help of mediation etc, but there still will be a service provided for those who cannot work this way. I think they plan on charging for this service (i.e. where they take the monies each month as they currently do) so that it encourages parents to go down the private agreement road. Either way, even if you do have to pay a fee, if you are getting nothing at the mo then you will be better off going to the CSA.
I don't know how these changes will impact new cases, so it may be worth talking to them and finding out what is ahead for you.

xx