Wow Elocin, my XP only pays $100 a week for 3 children, but that is based on our last estimate which was fairly low, he has now had a promotion and a payrise and is doing alot more overtime.
Wow is certainly one word for it... DH is on a great wage at the moment and with his Ex having been on maternity leave for so long, the amount has hovered around $200 a week for the last couple of years.

Once she lodges her next tax return, it should go down.

Wow is certainly not the words I use trust me

(Especially when we had taken the girls away with us for a week, the Ex called DH and asked him to put the CS money into her account a couple of days early because she needed to buy a cot for her new baby... sadly, I'm not joking...)

BG, we have been told that the amount has nothing to do with 'household income' as such - only DH's and the Ex's income, is this correct? I personally that it should take household income into account, because my DSD's life are certainly better off that both households have 2 incomes, but DH has been told numerous times that the amount won't change no matter what I or the Ex's DP earn.

DH has also been told that the amount of time the girls spend at each house IS NOT taken into account... which I have always found odd...

Sorry for taking over your thread MeganH!!!