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Child support
Archives for January 2022
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Backdated child maintenance - can this be chased?
I'm looking for some advice please. In this instance, the child changed primary residence last year to live with parent A, parent A had always paid maintenance. Maintenance was discussed but parent B never started paying. A court case occurred a few months later and it was decided the child should mainly live with parent…
Email address
Hi Does anyone know an email address for CMS? I've looked online and can't find 1. It keeps pointing me to do it through online portal but I'd rather speak via email so I have proof of discussion. I've tried to call and get 1 but tells me to use online portal or hold line for over an hour. I waited for 45 minutes then had…
25% pension
If I took my 25% tax free pension now (57yo)does it affect my Child Maintenance payments e.g will they go up?
CMS stolen all my money help.
Hi, For the past 17 years I've had child support/maintenance saying I owe money. I've sent proof of payments in the past which they've accepted then they change the name of the organisation and say I haven't paid again sending debt letters & baliff etc. The last contact I got which had been sent to a different ex and…
30 hours
From January i started sending my kids to nursery which is funded by the 30 hours. We are still having to pay although technically we are only using around 23 hours. I don't want to rock the boat but how can this be the case?
CMO possible problem
My other half pays nearly £300 a month for his 16 yr old daughter. She is in college for 13 hours a week. However she is also working but not going through the books. His childs mother is literally getting more money than us and hasnt worked for 14 years!! Any advice much appreciated. TIA.
Should I switch to tax free childcare?
Hi, Apologies if I haven't put this in the right category, but I'm hoping someone can help! I've recently returned to work after maternity leave and kept my childcare vouchers as £1 per month during that time but now want to increase it to the £243 per month limit to help with the cost of childcare. I'm wondering whether…
CSA calculations
Ok so I need some advice! My partner is paying Child maintenance for 2 children as calculated by CSA however what I cannot get my head around is how calculations are based on income after pension payments and not after all dedications like Tax and NI? My husband is employed and it’s not like he has a choice weather he pays…
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