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What is classed as Savings
Theoretical Question. If you had savings of £40000 which would exclude you from Claiming Universal Credit could you, in theory, purchase 100 gold sovereigns worth £400 each but with a face value of £1 thus reducing your savings to £100
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In Lockdown, CMS cancels child maintenance
I am an NRP and I live in Singapore, now in lockdown and neither working nor furloughed until C19 restrictions are lifted. Until last year, I was paying my ex each month, but in August, I got an email from the CMS telling me to sign in to a website and collect a message. The message, a letter with a UK address on it, a…
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Help please re payment changes to CMS
Hello my partner's ex wife claims from him (through CSA) payments for his daughter who will be 18 in October and is in full time education. She has left her mother's home and is now living with her elder brother. Her mother has cancelled all benefits claims and the CSA payments. As daughter is still within the age limit to…
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COVID & maintenance
My ex is self employed and cannot pay me full maintenance during the current crisis, can he get any help towards making his payments to me? He dropped his maintenance by 2/5ths in 2018 and now he tells me he’ll pay me what he can as soon as he can, this will mean I won’t be able to pay all my bills now without using…
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What is included in maintenance payments
Good morning, I want to start making payments towards my children's upkeep. I currently have a 50 / 50 residency order but the 2 teenagers have asked about living with mum. My question is do I include my gross salary, included in my gross is a yearly bonus that fluctuates and a monthly vehicle allowance, I am unsure what I…
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Child Benefit Clanger - been wrongly receiving for years!
Hello all We have realised that we have been receiving CM for a couple of years when I'm pretty sure we shouldn't have. I know this may sound far-fetched to many folks on here who are very money-savvy but it has been a genuine error and I fully expect to have to pay it back. My question is really around the process and…
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The Effects of Coronavirus on CSA Payments
Hi, not sure if I'm in the right place for this but here goes. I have one child who has just finished full time education due to the Coronavirus pandemic. All my payments are up to date and I'm not trying to duck out of any further payments however, I also do not want to overpay if I don't have to. Both my income and my…
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Child Maintenance
Good evening I’m in a receipt of a letter from CMA stating that my ex husband is claiming state benefits ( as of a nov 2019) and his child support will be £30 from May 9th. My ex is to the best of my knowledge still gainfully employed on a full time basis with an IT company He has been contributing £600 per month for 2 of…
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Furloughed reduction of payments
I will now only be receiving an 80% wage due to being furloughed I've informed CMS of the reduction in wage but they advise that payments will only be reduced if the wage reduction is more than 25% how can this be right surely payments should reduced in line to match wages bearing in mind they calculate how much to pay…
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Child Support through Coronavirus 50% access - Advice -
I've never actually posted to a forum in my life, so here goes.... So I'm a Dad of an 8 year year old boy. I split with his mum when he was 6 months old so immediately set up my own business to gain as much access as possible. He's at mine for 6 nights out of 14 normally and I've always paid a very fair maintenance to his…
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CSA Getting back overpayment - Fees ?
I’m due a refund on overpayment of around 6 months as my son started full time employment without my knowledge. When I spoke to the CSA the figure they quoted was around 20% less than I had paid out. Am I correct in thinking they take out a ‘fee’ If they do take out a fee and it’s not my fault for overpaying should I not…
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New Child Maintenance Plan Query
Hi is there anyone who works for the child maintenance service or has good knowledge about it that can hell me regarding an issue I have with my current plan with them? Basically I’ve had a regular payment plan in place for my ex husband to make payments for my eldest 2 children for the last 12 months. He paid on time and…
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When do I make the last child maintenance payment?? help
My daughter (that I pay CM to my ex wife on the 30th of the month)) has now completed her education at college the end of March(exams done and left) she’s 18 and looking to go to Uni when she can. Am I correct that my last payment from me will be 30th May in line with child benefit stopping at the same time ?I have read…
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Childcare
Hi, I am in the “vulnerable” category of COVID-19 and my child hasn’t been in with his childminder since 20 March which we paid a full month for. Although I thought she might do a discount, we paid a full month of £700 for April and now I’ve been asked for another full payment of £700 for May. I’m unable to leave as I will…
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Child maintanince help?
Hi, My daughter which I have had constant contact with since birth moved in with me at the end of January this year,i am severely disabled so unable to work I do not speak to my daughters mother,i would like to ask if theres any financial help I am eligible for towards her upkeep, i haven't bothered about contacting her…
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Child maintenance question.
Hi. I just wondered if anyone had any information as I cant find anything online.Recently I was ordered by the court to drive to meet my daughters father at the same place where he meets his ex wife with their elder daughter. Child maintenance is taking the full amount of his travel costs from my daughters maintenence…
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receiving maintenance
Hi guys asking for a loved one the daughters at college (hair dressing) with 3 kids the father no longer living there is responsible for the older two 8 & 9 yrs old he has the children at most 2x a month sleeping over & see's them regular on a set day at the weekend he has a managers job at a car wash and is therefore…
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Cost of living increase — help please!
Hi all. I don’t know whether my question is best placed under the Child Support category as it is more to do with working out costs.... I really would appreciate some help working out increased living expenses so I can settle this year’s child support costs with my ex partner. We have an amicable non-legal arrangement.…
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Need advice about child maintenance
My ex is a part time uni student. I just called the child maintenance to see if I could get some money from him to help with the costs of raising our child but they said because he is a uni student he doesn’t have to pay anything. I thought part time students had to pay? It’s not fair because I know he has money and he…
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Ltd companies and CMS
Hi, I'm looking for some advice on how to get a fair amount of child maintenance for my two children. Their father owns a limited company, and his income is approx £35k a year between salary and dividends. In the year prior to me claiming CMS (2018-19) he stopped taking dividends and took all the money in salary. This was…
