i have recently been in court with my ex for access of our 2 children (6 and & 7) to cut a long story short, after 3 years of wanting no contact with them he has decided he wants access, i must say that i never stopped access and in fact tried to encourage it but he was never interested. anyways, the judge has now given access once a fortnight for 2 n a half hours each time, my question is how much maintenance will he be made to pay? i am currently on one-parent family and he is also on claiming social welfare. he is claiming for his partner and her child along with his own child with her so obviously their expenses and needs will come into it. i have never received maintenance from him as i thought if he didnt want contact then there was no point in him paying anything towards their cost of living, access is a lot more important than money! as he now has access i feel it is only appropriate that he pays maintenance. his weekly earnings would be around 360euro per week, mine is 247euro, around 37euro after rent, esb, gas and food shopping. any help on this will be greatly received, thank you!
