maintenance money

Man on Fire

Hi

If your on social welfare i get 166 a week. what is the amount i should give her for maintenance. I have 1 daughter shes 3
just wondering would anyone know roughly

Stheno

Man on Fire wrote: »

Hi

If your on social welfare i get 166 a week. what is the amount i should give her for maintenance. I have 1 daughter shes 3
just wondering would anyone know roughly

No one can really tell you tbh, the District court limits are from 0-150 per week per child.

One way to calculate it is to tot up the total cost of your daughters needs each week and split that in two.

Are you going to court to have maintenance set by the court or trying to sort this out with your ex?

Is it 166 or 188 you are on with social welfare? 166 sounds a strange figure.

Man on Fire

last year i done a few weeks work and the dole found out and i pay them 20 a week to pay it off

she wont do the mediation.. i set up a appointment twice and she never turned up....

she is tryin to wreck my head over money she knows im not working...il be working soon as i am looking for work, ijust got laid off in december and struggled with her maintenance

now shes sayin i cant see her, i still have my daughters xmas presents

everlast75

Man on Fire wrote: »

last year i done a few weeks work and the dole found out and i pay them 20 a week to pay it off

she wont do the mediation.. i set up a appointment twice and she never turned up....

she is tryin to wreck my head over money she knows im not working...il be working soon as i am looking for work, ijust got laid off in december and struggled with her maintenance

now shes sayin i cant see her, i still have my daughters xmas presents

Maintenance and visitation are completely separate things. You could be paying zero and still get to see the kid. It's nit your right to see her, but her right to see you.

Talk to the legal aid board about bringing an application for access

Stheno

Man on Fire wrote: »

last year i done a few weeks work and the dole found out and i pay them 20 a week to pay it off

she wont do the mediation.. i set up a appointment twice and she never turned up....

she is tryin to wreck my head over money she knows im not working...il be working soon as i am looking for work, ijust got laid off in december and struggled with her maintenance

now shes sayin i cant see her, i still have my daughters xmas presents

Ah right, sorry for being nosey.

Firstly are you down as your daughters guardian?

everlast75 wrote: »

Maintenance and visitation are completely separate things. You could be paying zero and still get to see the kid. It's nit your right to see her, but her right to see you.

Talk to the legal aid board about bringing an application for access

Agreed, see if you can get some legal advice on this

Their website is www.flac.ie

The list of locations and opening times is http://www.flac.ie/help/centres/familylaw/

Man on Fire

Thanks for your help. much appreciated

Man on Fire

Stheno wrote: »

Ah right, sorry for being nosey.

Firstly are you down as your daughters guardian?



Agreed, see if you can get some legal advice on this

Their website is www.flac.ie

The list of locations and opening times is http://www.flac.ie/help/centres/familylaw/

No not as her guardian.. i wanted mediation first but shes just being awkward now.. im goin into dolphin house tomoro to get it sorted.
ive had enough of her games

Stheno

Man on Fire wrote: »

No not as her guardian.. i wanted mediation first but shes just being awkward now.. im goin into dolphin house tomoro to get it sorted.
ive had enough of her games

Good luck with it all.

c montgomery

Best of luck, it's a bad situation to be In and I hope it all works out for you soon.
I can only imagine how painful it must be to have someone disrupting your life, mind and wellbeing so much.

Man on Fire

Thanks.

Its being going on 3 years now and ive being in a few dark places over it all
but ive friends that went thru the exact same thing and it helped alot.

what doesnt kill ya makes ya stronger thats what i keep sayin :)

c montgomery

Man on Fire wrote: »

Thanks.

Its being going on 3 years now and ive being in a few dark places over it all
but ive friends that went thru the exact same thing and it helped alot.

what doesnt kill ya makes ya stronger thats what i keep sayin :)

Exactly keep the chin up
There's not much more she could do to you in terms of access so hopefully it's upwards from here. Maybe apply for the census jobs that were advertised today, its not for a few weeks but could be the start of something.

Stheno

c montgomery wrote: »

Exactly keep the chin up
There's not much more she could do to you in terms of access so hopefully it's upwards from here. Maybe apply for the census jobs that were advertised today, its not for a few weeks but could be the start of something.

Good idea on the census jobs but they reached the quota of applications within 4 hours, and it's now closed.

Man on Fire

Lol thanks guys i have an interview tomorrow in a recruitment agency.
they will have something for me, it will get the ball rolling anyway

homerjay2005

everlast75 wrote: »

It's not your right to see her, but her right to see you.

is this part actually true though?

theres many kids in this country being forced against their will to meet dead beat parents they have no connection with, so i doubt this is true at all.

if so, would you have a legal link to this?