legal gardian

jonnster

Hi i have a 5 yr old with my exgirlfriend. I have legal gardianship.My daughter stays with me half the week i pay half for all her Clothes,child minder fee's extra activities etc.Am i legally bound to pay maintenance as well. Regards jonnster

CIARAN_BOYLE

jonnster wrote: »

Hi i have a 5 yr old with my exgirlfriend. I have legal gardianship.My daughter stays with me half the week i pay half for all her Clothes,child minder fee's extra activities etc.Am i legally bound to pay maintenance as well. Regards jonnster

What does the courts say?

I'm sorry buts its a kind of how long is a piece of string type question. Maintenance arrangements ary greatly from case to case and it depends on what the court has ordered or you have agreed with your ex.

jonnster

jonnster wrote: »

Hi i have a 5 yr old with my exgirlfriend. I have legal gardianship.My daughter stays with me half the week i pay half for all her Clothes,child minder fee's extra activities etc.Am i legally bound to pay maintenance as well. Regards jonnster

It was a verbal agreement,

Tom Young

This is your child, you are the child's guardian, you have an agreement to maintain.

Uphold your agreement, stay away from Courts and live up to your agreed terms.

jonnster

jonnster wrote: »

It was a verbal agreement,

I am and i do.The money i give her mother does not always go to my daughters welfare.I love my daughter and where money is concerned for her i would give my last penny. I asked advice about my situation. Not for a personal opinion,from someone that doesnt know the facts.

lfp

Has the childs mother applied for maintenance? Also, is there an access order in place or is the current arrangement on access also verbal? Without any facts i can say one thing with confidence, keep away from the courts at all costs (within reason).

Truman Burbank

Hi there. Pop over to 'askaboutmoney.com', the legals there should be able to offer guidance. Read back on the old threads. May be enough there first. Best of luck.

Peregrinus

jonnster wrote: »

Hi i have a 5 yr old with my exgirlfriend. I have legal gardianship.My daughter stays with me half the week i pay half for all her Clothes,child minder fee's extra activities etc.Am i legally bound to pay maintenance as well. Regards jonnster

You may be, yes, especially if your earnings are higher than your ex's. But every case is different; for an answer tailored to your circumstances you really need legal advice.

dahamsta

Tom Young wrote: »

This is your child, you are the child's guardian, you have an agreement to maintain.

Uphold your agreement, stay away from Courts and live up to your agreed terms.

And you know the details of the OP's situation how?

Tom Young

dahamsta wrote: »

And you know the details of the OP's situation how?

From the OP, thanks.

the world wonders

jonnster wrote: »

I asked advice about my situation. Not for a personal opinion,from someone that doesnt know the facts.

Nobody in this thread knows the facts apart from yourself. Nobody is able to offer anything other than a personal opinion for legal reasons.

With these two facts in mind, you are wasting your time here and should close the thread and go and talk to a solicitor.

Owryan

OP, I can give you my experience if it helps, seperated father of 3. Have my kids 3 nights one week and 4 nights the next.

Ex looked for maintenance but the courts ruled that other than providing half of all bills for school, christmas, clothes and so forth I was fulfilling my responsibility and was not liable to make a payment. As I am on sw and getting 188 a week I would ve had to give up taking them if she got an award against me. If/when I do return to work the judge will review the circumstances.

My only concern is that she gets the full QCA and I get nothing even tho we share custody

dahamsta

Tom Young wrote: »

From the OP, thanks.

OP made no mention of an agreement or terms. Do you need a hand down off that horse?

Tom Young

the world wonders wrote: »

Nobody in this thread knows the facts apart from yourself. Nobody is able to offer anything other than a personal opinion for legal reasons.

With these two facts in mind, you are wasting your time here and should close the thread and go and talk to a solicitor.

I agree. Thread closed.

Tom Young

Tom Young wrote: »

I agree. Thread closed.

The OP and a subsequent poster have reported this thread.

I hereby give a reason: Legal Advice sought clear. That is breach of the forum charter.

My post was in now way a dig at the OP, simply my view, which I'm entitled to express.