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child maintenance reduced

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  • 25-11-2012 7:11pm
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    singledad4577
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭



    I have 6 year old with myex. We broke up 4 years ago and I have been paying child maintenancesince then. She has recently bought a house and married. She was working fulltime, but reduced her hours so she could claim benefits and work at the same time.Her husband works full time. I am single and renting and also payingmaintenance for another child from another relationship.



    Could anyone tell me if Icould get the child maintenance reduced? Does it matter that shehas now married and there is another full time wage coming into their house tosupport them, or is there somebody who was in the same situation as me that couldadvise me.




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    Big Bag of Chips
    Administrators Posts: 14,050 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Big Bag of Chips


    You can apply to get child maintenance reduced if your circumstances have changed.

    Her new husband is not financially responsible for your child so you can't claim that he is now there to support your child too.

    If you can afford the maintenance you should keep up with the payments. If you can't then you need to get all your documentation and evidence together and go about varying it. But there is no guarantee it will go your way.

    That is assuming of course it is court ordered maintenance.


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