A mother claimed that her Porsche ex “manipulated” his income so as not to pay enough child support – and she beat him in court.

The judge ruled in favor of Kirstie Broom of Beeford, East Yorkshire, in a dispute over how much her ex Kevin Walker paid.

The couple separated five years ago, but Kirstie went before a tribunal this year after changing his company’s status from sole proprietorship to limited liability company.

This meant his salary was cut from £ 45,000 to just over £ 15,000, even though his profit rose by £ 13,000.

The move meant the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) required him to pay just £ 44 a week for his two children who live with their mother.

That cut 80% of what he was originally paid, reports HullLive.

Kirstie works as a part-time account administrator
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Kirstie said, “My ex-partner owns a house for £ 400,000, has motorbikes, a Porsche Boxster, quads, a rowboat for his lake, and drives a 4×4 Mercedes Benz with private license plates.

“He changed his company from sole proprietorship to hide his income. He always threatened to do it.

“He doesn’t see it as payment for the kids, he sees it as payment for me and he wants me to fight.”

A judge concluded that Mr Walker had “manipulated” his income while CMS calculated his arrears to be in excess of £ 20,000.

Kevin, who owns landscaping company Stay Smart, changed his company’s status in 2019, reducing his payments to his three children, ages 12, 10, and seven.

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This meant that where he was paying £ 286 a week, he only had to pay £ 44.

Kirstie appealed the amount at a January hearing.

Summing up his findings, the Tribunal Judge Phillip Barber stated: “Mr. Walker testified at the hearing.

“It is important to note that while taking evidence, Mr. Walker was prone to angry and irrelevant outbursts as he touched the sensitive issue of his income and expenses.

“He also had a tendency to be overwhelmed with excitement and at times it was difficult to get any sense of him.”

The judge’s findings went on: “At the hearing, Mr. Walker informed us that he had formed the limited company because his business was going ‘downhill’ under sole proprietorship and he was advised that a limited company should help would.

“However, the accounts show that Mr. Walker’s business improved between 2018 and 2019, making £ 13,000 more profit year on year.”

He continued, “When asked about this, he said that he did not know and that he was a simple person who did not understand these things.

“We do not accept that there were any problems with his business and, in our view, we do not accept that he was accepted because of a reduction in work or other financial difficulties.

“We were pleased that Mr. Walker had the power to control his income from the company.

“It is clearly the case that Mr Walker is living on more than the £ 15,600 he claims and that one plausible reason for setting up the limited liability company was to manipulate his income to avoid paying child support . “

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Despite the hearing, Kirstie is saddened that he still only has to pay £ 44 a week for his children.

Kirstie, a part-time account manager, claims that her ex now has sole custody of her eldest child, who is 12, and he is now seeking support from her for her son even though she only works 16 hours a week.

She claims: “The rules only protect those mothers and fathers whose ex-partners are employed by PAYE, whereby alimony payments can be deducted directly from their wages.

“The self-employed can get away with this by lowering their wages to the bare minimum and getting their profit from their business in other ways.

“Self-employed ex-partners can make enormous sums of money and not pay a cent or the minimum amount for maintenance because they manipulate their earnings.”

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She added, “It’s crazy that after going through the courts and getting the best possible outcome, CMS is still only using the rigged numbers for its inland revenue.

“He pays his taxes so Inland Revenue won’t be interested in how he manipulates his numbers, but CMS should do more.

“More emphasis should be placed on a self-employed person’s declared profits than on pay slips, which he can simply make whatever he wants and completely manipulate his income so that he no longer pays the minimum alimony.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Labor and Pensions said: “Almost £ 1 billion was raised in 2020 from the Child Maintenance Service for Children, which supports over 730,000 children.

“The CMS is doing its best to ensure that single parents get what is owed to support their children and a special unit to track down hidden funds.”

Mr. Walker and his attorney were asked for comment by HullLive but declined to comment.