Feeling confused

lostsoul01

My ex-husband and I are separated 2 1/2 years and so far he has been paying maintenance for our two children but recently asked to drop this by 70% as I am now working full time and he feels he should only pay for 50% of clothes and 50% of childcare. So we came to an agreement to drop by 50%. He runs a successful business which he bought into whilst we were married, I also worked in this business for eight years part-time. We had originally put in the separation agreement that I will relinquish any rights to this business and take my name off as a director and with this he agreed he would take ownership of two old loans that they have outstanding and banks have been chasing them for. I am now slightly confused as his last email contact to me he used the excuse of having to pay off these loans as part reason of reducing the maintenance yet these two clauses are still in the agreement. I have since discovered that he has bought his partner out and took in somebody else and is rebranding the business. I get that he me moving onwards and upwards but I'm starting to feel slightly duped as I feel myself and my children are losing out because he has loans to pay off with his old partner yet he states in agreement these are not my responsibility. I'm wondering should I look into this further or am I just wasting my time. Does anyone know if I go to a solicitor about this how much would it cost me and would there be any chance of getting the agreement amended ? I just want what is fair for me and my children as I now have to tighten the belt big time every month with this reduction in maintenance which I agreed to. I'm thinking is it best forgetting about it all and doing nothing, could this be the easier option than fighting things? I'm a fair person so just looking for honest opinions. Thanks all!

desbrook

Correct me if I'm wrong with this summary - you had a separation agreement where your ex agreed to pay X maintenance. Your income changed for the better as you went full time so you agreed your ex could reduce it (50%). Now you have doubts about that change and want it changed again.

How long has the new arrangement been in place? and has the agreement been formally changed ?

lostsoul01

desbrook wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong with this summary - you had a separation agreement where your ex agreed to pay X maintenance. Your income changed for the better as you went full time so you agreed your ex could reduce it (50%). Now you have doubts about that change and want it changed again.

How long has the new arrangement been in place? and has the agreement been formally changed ?

Only changed two weeks ago. I don't doubt dropping maintenance. My income changed so I agreed to the drop in maintenance and was fare about that. My issues is about kids losing out on money and my entitlements because of loans he signed for which he had agreed or take sole responsibility for if I took my name off business.

cowboyBuilder

50/50 seems fair to me, why should the father have to pay more ?