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CMS Reduction after court HELP
I am currently paying £400 per month for my son direct to my ex as she after us spliting informed the csa i dont see my son so i pay the maximum payment. She stopped me seeing him i have had a court battle for 6 months which is ending. I presume when i get the court order through that has me having him certain nights, how…
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remo
has anybody been through the remo process lately? I have been searching loads of posts and different forums and they all date back quite a way. does anyone know if it is still necessary to get an order from the magistrates court first? the gov website says "If the other parent does live in a REMO country, contact your…
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CSA at fault - overpayment
Hi all, I have just had a call from the CSA telling me I owe £1000 due to parent without care having another child, which resulted in £1000 over payment. Case has been closed due to my youngest child being in a paid apprenticeship, I still support all 3 children but they say I owe the money due to me receiving it. He told…
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CMS Tribunal - What To Expect?
Hi All I've been given a date for my CMS tribunal in April and was wondering if anyone has been through it recently and could tell me what to expect? Background is that my ex-wife is unhappy that CMS have adjudged I don't owe her anything. I am self-employed and with everything going on the business had been loss-making…
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Tax free childcare age
Hi all, I know that the Tax Free Childcare scheme is open until the child turns 12, but what happens after that? Are you still able to use the money left in the account until it is gone, but not add any further funds to it? Or is it returned to you minus the 20% the Government put in? Does anyone on the forum know what…
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Child support/arrears when child reaches 18
This is on behalf of my sister so figures are a bit vague but I guess it is the principle that matters not the amounts. Father of child did not pay anything for a few years so has arrears of about £6000, currently pays about £200 per month which I believe is made up mainly of current CS payment and a proportion made up by…
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Tax Free Childcare Government Top Up's
Hi there. I recently applied for a tax free childcare account and made my first payment in to it. That was a week ago but I haven't received any government top-up. Does anyone know how long the top-up's take to show up in the account please? Thank you.
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Global maintenance/ court order
Hi looking forward advise please, been pointed to this section of the forum. I have a global maintenance payment for 2 children for £1000 which is due to reduce to £750 when my eldest child finishes full time education. He is 18 in July & due to finish his A levels this summer, then hopefully will go off to do an…
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Sons dads wife is an accountant and falsifying books.
Hi my son is 20 years old next month, so this is how long it’s been with csa and then child maintenance.. at first he dodged jobs every time they caught up with him, he’s now married to an accountant and she is doing his books and made up a limited company in her name.. could she get in trouble for doing this..…
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Child Trust Fund
Hi, I’ve just received a balance in my daughters Trust fund as she is nearly 18. I am shocked at how low this is around 1/10 of what other friend’s children have received! I deposited this 18 yrs ago with Santander but this was moved on to a company called one family. Had anyone else experienced this or got any advice?
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Possible negative paternity test....claiming back CSA
Hello. I'm just looking for any advice if anyone has any. Long story short my OH has put in for paternity test with the CSA for his 11 year old. He never did the test at the time of the child being born because he was very young and just believed what he was told.after the one night stand. He never questioned it even…
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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…
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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…
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Threats
Hi Everyone I'm being told by my ex that she will reduce the nights I have with my son because I'm trying to reduce the payment as per CMS. I recently moved in with my new partner and her daughter so I'm paying towards her too. This is deeply upsetting to me. It's obviously financial related. I don't feel like I have any…
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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?
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CSA Arrears Calculation Wrong
Hi, I have a significant debt with the CSA (£8688) which I have been paying over the last couple of years despite not knowing that the case had been open. I received a letter in 2018 saying that there was a huge outstanding amount. This was the first contact i had from them for years, which was a shock as I had been paying…
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National insurance tax rise and CMS
Posting as a reminder to all those paying CMS with an assessment in place that the upcoming national insurance tax rise will not affect your assessment and will not reduce the amount you need to pay the parent with care. So especially with the current costs of living pressures those in such a position will need to think…
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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…
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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?
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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.
