My ex-partner and I were together 4 years (living together for 1 yr), we had a child and I left him when child was 4 months old. He refused to pay any maintenance until I engaged a solicitor. We made an 'agreement' that he would pay half the child care and £360 per month maintenance solely for the child. I know his salary is in excess of £100,000.00 per annum. Should I be entitled to more maintenance per month? I do work full-time, and have the responsibility as a single parent to keep up with mortgage payments and all other household bills which he contributes nothing towards.
2006-12-22 00:48:59 · 11 answers · asked by Happyface 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
By the way - I left him as he was sleeping with someone else - that little tip for Ash! I stole nothing!
2006-12-22 00:56:37 · update #1
When I said I engaged a solicitor - I don't mean for marriage either, I mean I hired one.
2006-12-22 01:09:55 · update #2
Honestly you won't get any great or insightful advice from yahoo answers. You should speak with your solicitor, he will be able to give you real advice.
If you feel you're not getting very good service from that particular solicitor you could try another one, but basically yahoo answers isn't going to be very useful for questions like this, people here won't have the legal expertise or any knowledge about the background of your divorce and so on to give you anything useful.
2006-12-22 01:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by dtlyuol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're in the UK then the Child Support Agency will have jurisdiction over maintenance payment, even though you have an agreement between you. Their calculation is 15% of net earnings for one child, so I suggest you go back to your solicitor and ask for a new maintenance calculation, as I don't think he's paying enough.
2006-12-22 01:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! you should not be entitled to more! You only lived together, I assume not married. He pays you support, though it needs to be mandated by the court. Does he want anything to do with the child? If so, good, that means he will always pay if you don't get the court ordered payments. You have to have those responsibilities,(bills),whether he pays for them or not. Make sure you take at least half of that 360 and put in an account for the child, thats who the money really belongs to, not YOU!
2006-12-22 01:17:11 · answer #3 · answered by trcyrb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, ex specially if you were married he will have to pay child support, which goes on how much he makes, alimony to? not sure how that works although, and you can get half his IRA, Savings, Bonds, ect....BUT if you have all those things to? I do believe? Don't quote me on this,"But I think you have to share yours to" But I do know as long as you have full custody you will get your share from him if he makes that kind of money. I get 400.00 a month for just 1 child and my ex is a construction worker and I know he doesn't make as much as yours does, make sure you get a really good Divorce Attorney cause it will be worth it and Don't let him know about that until you already have one, because that way your attorney can start freezing his assets before he has a chance to hide them. Like I said, I'm not an attorney but I did go through a divorce (Oregon) but every state has it's own laws, and you should win the house , but I think you said you already have that, and you will have to pay all those bills I mean its your house now right? MOST indefinitely I would be calling a lawyer right now! If he makes that kind of money I'm sure you should have no problem finding a lawyer. Good Luck sunnydays P.s The way I look at it is " its his child to" and they are expensive ex specially now adays LOL
2006-12-22 01:04:40 · answer #4 · answered by sunnydays 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About all that you're entitled to is child support. You say "Maintenance" ?? How did you get maintenance when you were not married to him?
You mention that "we" made an agreement; honey, that means nothing if it was solely made between you and he. There has to be a court ordered judgement involved.
You may have to downsize your lifestyle and go just for the child support. Call an attorney.
2006-12-22 01:05:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the adventure that your ex somewhat does not look to % to defend his son right, the respond would be to temporarily end him seeing the baby - he looks keen to place his new g/f properly until now his son. If he does not help your son financially, the respond is somewhat to touch the baby help enterprise and get them to "convince" your ex to achieve this ( he of course has the money if he could have the money for to take his new g/f on trip - after all, trip trips do no longer come much less high priced!) In answer to your question - sure, you have each maximum surprising to be very indignant and harm at this guy's behaviour - curiously he's making an attempt to erase your son's existence from his existence, whilst he's conscious ok that that's impossible.
2016-12-11 14:14:57 · answer #6 · answered by chaplean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By all mean get a lawyer (solicitor). You HAVE to make it legal, or he doesn't have to follow through. But, tell your lawyer about the verbal agreement, also.
2006-12-22 00:53:15 · answer #7 · answered by INDRAG? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i demand you take the keys to his Ferrari and drive to Barcelona. just kidding. oh well i guess the baby is gona be a problem now, but responsible people think before having babies!
i dont think u can get a refund on one of them
2006-12-22 08:01:04 · answer #8 · answered by Hick K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would probably get more if you were married. It would probably have to go to court for you to get more. If he earns over 100k then its worth doing as not fair he gets let off so lightly.
2006-12-22 00:54:09 · answer #9 · answered by Annie M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you concerned over the child's financial well being or are you just pissed at him and want to get him back. (Be Honest)
2006-12-22 01:47:20 · answer #10 · answered by SorryI'maChampion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋