child support payments

[mz sv6]

im not with ds father n i would jus like to no when i go for child support payments will that affect the amount of money he is giving his x for his other 2 kids he has with her like will her payments drop cause now he has to give me money also

[mich71]

yes they may drop as he has to pay for ds now i must say hope he has a good paying job as three kids to pay for is not cheap dh and i got married last year and i forgot to ring them we got payment details for this year and he only earns just over 45k it was $900 month for 3kids i think its about 35% of his income hope this gives you an idea

[sam's mum]

Depending on how many kids he has a higher percentage of his income will go in child support.

1 - 18%
2 - 27%
3 - 32%
4 - 34%
5+ - 36%

The child support then gets divided amongst the custodial parents. I am pretty sure it is just an even split per child... so if he has three kids and you have one of them you will get 1/3 of 32%, and the other mum instead of 27%, will get 2/3 of 32% (20.66%)

ring CSA if you have questions, or have a look at the website.

Are you worried that she will make trouble for you because she ends up with less money??

[LilShenanigans]

His child support payment will be cut in three, depending on ages of children (payment goes up by age).

If on a pension though, that pay goes up a little to try and keep a bit of a balance...

[sam's mum]

be careful, the pension (mother payment) is not affected by child support. the family payment can be affected by child support payments, but it depends on how much child support was getting paid. If the child support was not reducing her family payment, it won't increase at all.

[mz sv6]

Are you worried that she will make trouble for you because she ends up with less money??


im not worried she will make trouble for me but i think she will make trouble for ds father. me n ds father get along pretty good but ds father n this x dont get along that at all n rite now his x n his other 2 kids dont no about me n my ds

[sam's mum]

good luck then. I hope it works out ok. :fingerscrossed: :)

[Deity]

So is your ex still with the other chick or is she his ex too? I don't suppose it is any of her business if he's not seeing her. Sure, she'll be a bit miffed that she's getting less money but the resposibility of telling her about you and your son lays firmly on his shoulders.

[mz sv6]

So is your ex still with the other chick or is she his ex too? I don't suppose it is any of her business if he's not seeing her. Sure, she'll be a bit miffed that she's getting less money but the resposibility of telling her about you and your son lays firmly on his shoulders.

no his not with the other chic he has been with her since they had there 2nd son together about 2 1/2 yrs ago we jus had our son 1 month ago

[Deity]

Well he should step up and let her know cos she may depend on that money - I know you probably don't care about her situatiuon right now, but it's not her fault you and your ex had a baby and she'll have to reschedule her finances so it's best to have some prior notice.

:idea: An amicable way to sort it out so she doesn't need to know at all is if he makes a fair agreement with you about payments; if you guys are still on good terms that should be easy enough. That way you'll get some money for your son, she's no worse off and things going well with you and daddy you may even sort things out without an ex sniffing around.