Update: My wifeh as rung me to ask(assume) I will pay the oustanding sum that is owed on the existing joint childrens tax credits. The amount accrues to a few thousand pounds, therefore I have told her that she is liable to pay 50/50 of the outstanding debt. I ignored two more attempts by her to call me on my mobile so that I could condemplate the best response to her request.
I have given my W £106,000 morally that I did not have to as there was no 'Deed of Consent' document which allows a partner to reclaim any monies that was brought into the relationship by a partner. This allows her to stay in the marital home with our children, but gives me a sum that is lower than I am entitled to by law.
She is now trying to morally state that because I earn more than her (even though she is living in the marital home I pay for) and I am out of work, should pay the whole amount of joint child maintenance. This is a boundary I am not crossing and I will stipulate she pays 50% of the outstanding bill. I have continually complied to her needs, but in this case I feel I will not be made to look as though I am going to pay yet another bill.
Bomb dropped: 19/12/08 Me:48 WAW:41 D:10 S:6 Married: 15 years