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David - Basically I had split up from my partner.
My mum found the number for Options, Child Maintenance Options and obviously I rang them up.
Gwen – He phoned them and then he come down and explained to us what they said.
David – They went through all my financial details and everything. It made me feel actually better to speak to somebody like that's not a relative or friend or whatever it's just someone there to talk to.
Gwen – I am happy for them both because I know that my son is providing for his son. It's his child as well as hers so I felt he needed to provide for him.
David – They did send me a couple of leaflets out about all the different options that I could choose between and what they involved and everything and obviously I spoke to my ex partner and we sorted out like the private agreement. I signed it, she signed it and then both our erm dads signed it just to keep it as like between us sort of thing. It saved me having to go through all the courts and whatever.
Gwen – And he got this card thing that he could put money on each month.
David – It's basically I can put money onto it. Use it for clothes, toys for him, nappies, wet wipes.
Gwen – There's no arguments over money because it's all put down in writing that that’s what they are going to do and you know she if she, if she's needs anything he will, she will say that the baby needs something.
David – As soon as I get paid from erm work, I’ll go and put the money straight onto his card and it's there, it's done and as soon as I seem him I can use the card.
Gwen – The Options was a good idea for David erm obviously they put him on the right road to which way he could do the payments and he chose to do it himself rather than have the third party involved.
David – erm I would recommend Options, they helped me to sort the money out of what I needed to pay for my little un, it saved me having to go through all the courts and whatever.
Gwen – The way David's doing it I think is a really good idea but obviously that’s not for everybody. Er but I would advise anybody to go through the Options, I'd give them the number any day.
David – We've been doing it for over a year now so its working really well basically and I reckon it will work really well for the for the future as well.