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Child maintenance question
I have 2 children which I pay child maintenance for. I may have the opportunity to help out public transport in London for 3 months which will increase my annual wage dramatically. How will this be worked out on my next annual review? Will my weekly payments go up for the whole of the next years annual review when I'm back…
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Deduction of earnings through covid
Hi, I am the receiving parent for my son, but have not received any maintenance since 28th March. After speaking to my ex it seems CMS have still been taking £92 from his wages each week- I usually see £78 from this. So do they owe me 11 weeks of £78? Is it usual through lockdown for this not to come through to me? Or…
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Help while on maternity allowance
can someone please advise me on financial help i am currently on maternity leave with a 4month old baby, and only receiving statutory maternity allowance of £150 per week, this is not enough to cover my bills and mortgage payments, I am getting into more debt weekly. before the birth of my son I was working in a children’s…
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Child is 16 and hasn’t attended school for over 12 months.
Hi. My partner pays monthly for his child who was 16 in March 2020. She hasn’t attended school due to anxiety/depression for over 12 months. Does he still have to pay maintenance? Thankyou for any advice.
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Rental Income to be included in child maintenance
Hi I'm making a new application for child maintenance. I know the ex has other rental properties. If he doesn't declare the income, can i challenge it?
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Child Maintenance and College postponement
Hi I wondered if anyone could help? My ex-husband pays maintenance for our son who is awaiting his GCSE grades. He has applied for an apprenticeship and also has a college place on offer as a back up plan. We have been told today that the apprenticeship is on hold until October to see if colleges do actually open and if…
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Finance items after split
hello, I have recently split with my partner and we have agreed a sum for child maintenance. I am wondering where I stand with items which are in my name on finance. I have a sofa and other items on finance and my ex partner has put these into storage after moving in with her new partner. Due to these being in my name can…
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Direct Pay - any strikes if he continually pays late
Hi, are there any penalties for the paying parent for late payments? And is there a system whereby direct pay is not so you move onto collect and pay. I know he needs to agree it too for the later as there's fees on both sides.
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Universal credit - uni leavers
At present I receive universal credit to help with the rent etc. My 21 yr old son is returning home after completing 3 years at uni. Do I need to tell universal credit ? Or does my son need to start claiming as he is an unemployed adult?
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Non bank account payments please help
Hi all, I have this week received a text to contact the csa. I have contacted them and they have advised they have a payment for me. May sound straight forward but it’s not. i have not received a payment for years, I suppose I gave up in the end of the stop start all the time. Back when I did receive payments it was into a…
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Deduction of Earnings
Hi ! I will I will be most grateful for some advice please. I have found out last month that the child maintenance service has secured at attachment of earnings order against me with any notice whatsoever to me. Since my son's birth in 2009, I have paid child support missing only once with notice to the receiving parent in…
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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…
