My name is Ellie. I have a 16 year old daughter (Tilde) by my XH, who didn't see her from she was 4.5 to 14, but I still have full custody. I also have a 7 year old daughter with my wife, and we are trying for another child.
Upon coming into contact with my XH again, he gave me a large sum of money to cover some his missed child support for the past 9.5 years. He has since then also started to pay child support weekly. However, he is paying the weekly child support minimum as per UK law (calculated as per the UK government's child maintenance calculator), which is significantly less than the minimum child support in Norway (where Tilde and I live, where it is significantly more expensive to live) when he is supposed to be paying the Norwegian child support figure according to both my Norwegian lawyer, and a UK lawyer I spoke to. I have spoken to him about this, and he says he will pay the extra (this was four months ago) and he is still not doing it. Apparently, his lawyer is now saying that as he paid the sum of money, he does not have to pay any child support, whereas he previously said he should be paying the Norwegian child support figure. Then his wife told me he was not paying me the Norwegian child support figure because it meant that he could not cover his step-sons school fees.
Can anyone tell me if step-children come into account when it comes to child support?
Older children warning!
TTC #1 with XH January 1997 - May 1997
BFP TTC #1 May 1997
Mathilda Winifred "Tilde" born 3 February 1998
Moved in with DW November 2003
TTC #2 with DW (IUI with DS) (DW carrying) May 2005 - December 2005
TTC #2 with DW (IVF with DS) (DW carrying) January 2006 - May 2006
BFP TTC #2 May 2006
Nova Kathrine born 9 November 2006
Nova finally became legally mine 1 January 2009
Married DW 2 January 2009
TTC #3 with DW (Surrogacy with DS) February 2013 - January 2014
TTC #3 with DW (Surrogacy with DE) March 2014 - ????
Re: Intro + question about step children and child support.
2) Tilde has dual citizenship. But even if she didn't, the citizenship is irrelevant, it is the place in which the child lives that matter when it comes to child support, by both British and Norwegian law.
3) Though both XH and I are British, we moved to Norway before Tilde was born, and she was born in Norway. When we divorced, XH moved, I didn't.
BFP TTC #1 May 1997
Mathilda Winifred "Tilde" born 3 February 1998
TTC #2 with DW (IUI with DS) (DW carrying) May 2005 - December 2005
TTC #2 with DW (IVF with DS) (DW carrying) January 2006 - May 2006
BFP TTC #2 May 2006
Nova Kathrine born 9 November 2006
Nova finally became legally mine 1 January 2009
Married DW 2 January 2009
TTC #3 with DW (Surrogacy with DE) March 2014 - ????
I would have no way of knowing how that goes anywhere else, but I would assume it would be the same or similar.
Illumine is our resident EU expert as she has lived across the big water. Phantom has been missing for a while, and she would have been the one likely to be able to answer your question.
No country is going to have guidelines about child support that are completely unnafordable. So financially, moving country shouldn't be too much of a problem.