Child maintance please advise

myluck

Hi I need some help

I got married at 18 we had 3 kids now 16, 19, 21 my self and my ex wife got divorced in 2005 when I was 22,, I signed over my half off house to ex wife which she later sold for 340,000 and bought a new one with her new husband,, I agreed in 2005 to give her my half off house and maintance of 90 a week for all 3 kids, the house had only a mortgage off 10,000 left when I signed my half over to her, I wanted it signed over to my son when he became 21 and she said she would not divorce me if that's what I want to do with house that it was to go to her if I ever wanted a divorce, so I agreed (which I never should have done)

Any way I lost my job in 2013 and have not paid maintance since but she is taken me into court now,,, I feel this is very unfair as I give her a house worth 340,000 and cant afford to give her 90 a week still. I have not got to see my kids since 2008 (when she remarried) she will not tell me if kids are in college even tot I have asked loads of times, and I have just found out my daughter is pregnant and living with her boyfriend but when I ask my ex she says she is not pregnant and is living at home,,,

I need a end to this I can bearly make a wage each week my self and my new wife lost her job due to bad health and we get it hard to get by as it is,,,, is there any thing I can do,,, the courts seem to be very unfair to fathers in this country

scrummonkey

you need to to talk to a solicitor asap. You can apply for a variation order re the divorce agreement due to your change in financial circumstances. I presume there was agreed visitation/guardianship/maintenance as per divorce order. If she has denied you access, etc, contrary to what was agreed, you have option to seek court enforcement of that agreement as per terms. Usually, maintenance ceases once your children attain 18 but it really depends as to the particular terms agreed. You say you have not seen your kids since 2008, what steps did you take to ensure you had same ? did you seek legal advice, etc ? I am mentioning this as it could be a weighing factor in any court decision now. Contact FLAC at the least to get some advice.

Grolschevik

myluck wrote: »

I got married at 18 we had 3 kids now 16, 19, 21 my self and my ex wife got divorced in 2005 when I was 22,

You're 32 with a 21-year-old kid?