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  • 31-12-2006 1:25pm
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    wexford12
    Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭


    Hi im new to this was wondering if you guys could help with a question i have about maintence for my son he lives with his mother and i was wondering if anyone had an idea how much i should be paying each month i earn about 420 a week


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    kevinp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭kevinp


    hi

    €300 to €350 is about average if you only have access, if it is joint custody you are not required to pay anything if both of you share the bills.


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    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    wexford12 the best was to do this is to if you are on speaking terms with the other parent is figure out the cost of the child.
    That is what it take sto keep a child over the year and then divide it by 52 and try and give as close to that as you can.

    IF you have your son for even 1 over night a year in your home you can apply for single parents tax free alloanace which will help.

    You can do this with the hlp of a mediator who will assess all the finances and help you come to an agreement.

    http://www.aimfamilyservices.ie/publications/mediat.htm


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    Kildrought
    Registered Users Posts: 381 ✭✭Kildrought


    "if it is joint custody you are not required to pay anything if both of you share the bills."

    This is incorrect. All parents are obliged to maintain their children.


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    Dors1976
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭Dors1976


    Average is usually between €50-€75 a week.


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    Talliesin
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    Kildrought wrote:
    "if it is joint custody you are not required to pay anything if both of you share the bills."

    This is incorrect. All parents are obliged to maintain their children.
    If they have joint custody they are maintaining them. Maintenance payments are to deal with the financial burden of doing so if only one has custody or if the custody arrangements mean one parent is dealing with the majority of the child(ren)'s finances.


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    Kildrought
    Registered Users Posts: 381 ✭✭Kildrought


    Where parents were married, joint custody of the children is the normal order on foot of a Judicial Separation. Where separation is by legal agreement, the same situation tends to pertain. Sole custody is not usual (though it does happen) and is generally only awarded where one parent is proven to be unfit to have the primary care of the children.

    It is recognised that a school-going children will reside for most of the time with one parent only and that parent becomes the child's primary carer. That being the case child maintenance is payable by the non-resident parent to the primary carer.

    As I have already stated, all parents are legally obliged to maintain their children - it has nothing to do with custody.

    Averages aren't really helpful as maintenance is based on both parents income and expenditure. The maximum however that can be awarded in the district court is €150 per week per child.


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