those school activities wouldnt cost anything if she hadnt destroyed her children's relationship to their father. you pay for your sins.To be honest when I started to think of after school activities etc (not that we've seen any evidenceof this) I did start to think that maybe its not a lot of money, based on the fact she has technically 100% custody.
I don't have kids, so I was just basing it on what I had as a kid, which was a looooong time ago!
That being said, I know people that are working, and after paying their bills don't have 1500 quid all to themselves each month.
Thing is mAlice is in control of that money, so I hope that she has to keep evidence of what she is spending it on, because I bet they won't see a dollar of that personally! I didn't, my dad paid child support (even when my relationship broke down with him) and I never saw a penny of it, all the clothing, or going out with mates, cinema etc, came from the money I earned.
I know that my mum was struggling with money, but she didn't want to work either, she did in the end, but I'd left home by that time. It was me working at 17, and paying the mortgage. This being said, I do forgive my mum, because as I've got older and understood how hard life can be (my dad was a bleep). She has been there more for me as an adult, and I take her advice a lot more now then I ever did!
P.s I was no angel I'm my teens or 20s, and neither was my sister, however we both learned from our parents divorce and both have always been financially independent, apart from when I'd favour partying over food etc, but that was another lifetime ago!
Also back in the 80s, you could live off one income, and mum's were mums and ran the household, did the cleaning, cooking, shopping etc.
Sorry went off on a total tangent there
She would also generally have less costs in that scenario as they would be 50 % with Ioan. And no doubt bigger spendings for the kids would be done by him since he is the higher earner. It would pretty certainly way outbalance the money she is entitled for 50 % custody vs 100 % custody. Support money is never meant to feed you through, it's meant to support, the lion share will be contributed by yourself. That's just how it works and why so many single moms would kiss their lucky stars if they had a co-parent that wants to share custody.
Then imagine she also would work.
Sure, in her current life standard that would be still tough, but there is plenty she can cut away (like the nanny), and life is tough. We all have to do this.
She will need to toughen up, as it stands she would receive only about 1.3 k in spousal support per month (probably even less now since she effectively took a loan now), even if Ioan's career would go back to normal it would be still less than 5k*, by may she should have downsized, found a job and facilated joint custody in order to survive. But we know the outcome for this already.
*the proposed child support looks correct based on this years earnings and appears to be based on 50/50 custody, if it was based on sole custody it would be a few hundreds more. Funny enough if Ioan's career would be back to normal, which Alice ensured wont be the case for a long time, if ever, child support would be 8k for 50/50 and 10k for sole custody, spousal support would be at nearly 5k, she would be getting more, regardless of which custody arrangement, than she gets the next few months for what is essentially a interest-free credit. This is how hard she fucked up.
Working is beneath me!! Waaaahhh. Someone said something accurate about me on the internet! Waaaahh.
she actually is. Neither of these show a woman bereft because her beloved husband, soul mate, love of her life has left her. She is not heartbroken, just angry that her money tree and claim to fame has escaped her clutches. The Abuser only cares about the Abuser, no one else . Her rage just bubbles off the page. She just hates Ioan’s Mam doesn’t she.