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Son gone to live with father
After 12 years my son decided he wanted to live with his father and the court agreed for him to move. My ex had been paying child maintenance through ‘Collect and pay’ of £600 a month. His household income, including his wife’s salary, is about £200k a year. My household income, including benefits etc is less than £20k a…
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CMS written off Ex unpaid CM
Help My ex owes around £1500 in child maintenance. She is playing the game very well and keeps changing job, agent etc. Today I receive a letter from the CMS saying they have "written off unpaid child maintenance". The letter cites they cannot recover the debt. I am not sure what basis they have made that judgment as she…
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Should payment on new calculation have been pro rata?
Child maintenance amount has gone down on the annual review by CMS due to a new job paying less money. The payments are made on the first of the month and on the paper work the new amount was from 15 December. The payment made on the 1st December was for the new lower payment. Should this have been made pro rata ie 14 days…
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Advice please
Could anyone give me advice on what happens when a absent parent refused to give wage slips ( proof of income ) to CM Optiond?
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Who do I need to inform?
So I recieved my payment dates and amounts I will receive my child maintenance. Who do I inform of these and what will I lose? Do I lose any of my income support or child tax credits? And will I have to pay more rent and council tax? This is NOT an issue as I dont mind paying anything I just need to work my monies out…
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Tax Avoidance to avoid child support
I'm on here to see if anyone can help me with my struggle using the child maintenance service. My ex is a self employed accountant who started using a Tax avoidance scheme when we split. We are also going through divorce proceedings. The problem is the scheme allows him to divert his earnings to them and they pay him…
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Refusing collect and pay
Hi, my ex and I have been divorced for sometime now. We have 2 children together. Initially we had a personal agreememt were he was paying 350 a month but then he stopped paying becauae I was still living in our house with his name on the mortgage. Stopping the payments made me unable to pay the morrgage so now im in…
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How long before I should receive a decision?
My sons father best me up when he was just 5 weeks old (I left and never went back) he asked to see him after 6 months - I didnt refuse contact I just suggested he had supervised access in a contact centre only until I was satisfied my son wasnt in harm's way. Anyways ff to this year I went through the courts to gain…
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Tax credits & self employed
Hello. I am self employed and currently receive tax credits to boost my income. I must point out i am a single parent. My partner will be moving in soon. In regards to tax credits these will stop. How do tax credits take into account my final figure income given the fact that i have provided an estimate upto now and do not…
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Legal Sanctions timescales
Wanted to ask if anyone has any experience re timescales of court dates for legal sanctions. CMS submitted the relevant paperwork to request a court date four/five weeks ago. They don’t have any idea of how long it will be be before a date is booked and won’t be able to tell me the exact date of the hearing even when they…
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Advice on being harassed for extra money
I have been with my husband for 11 years. Married for 7. His ex wife has made our lives very difficult and not a week goes by without some drama. In all his time my H has paid maintance. If not the CSA recommend payment, at many times, more. For many years I earned more money and so subsidized these extras. My H has been…
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Remo help
Hi I need some help / advice. I've received a letter from court for unpaid child maintenance from abroad (REMO) The Court will question me about that plus I have to provide the all statements, payslips, expenses etc.. however I don't agree with the outstanding amount which is going to be collect. The ex wife gave them not…
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CSA 18 year old debt.
Hi All Ok, today I received a letter from the CSA for arrears dating back 18 years from 1999-2000 for a sum of £472. My daughter is now 28 years old and earns more money than me. I can't remember details from 18 years ago. If I was working at that time they would have been taking money from my wages and the same if I was…
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Finances in crisis due to paying maintenance, childcare costs and half mortgage since separating
Hello everyone, New to the forum and this matter could come under many categories but could do with some advice. I’m a father of 4 - all ages under 9. I’ve been separated now for 22 months. I live in rented accommodation, whilst my ex wife continues to live in the family home. I pay half the mortgage - £590 and £400 in…
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Maternity and universal credit
Hello, I hope someone can help me. So, I’m due to go maternity leave in the middle of December. I have been told I am entitled to universal credit and also the sure start maternity grant. I can apply for the grant 11 weeks prior to the due date but need universal credit to qualify. Am I able to claim for universal credit…
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Advance payments
Hi just hoping for clarification on this... I have paid approx £100k towards my 2 children by making payments to their mother (who I lived with for a period of time). These payments were a monthly amount of £1100 and started when our first child was born in 2010 and continued up until we separated in 2017. Since the CMS…
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Please explain tax-free childcare periods/limits
I opened the account on 25 July. Deposited £2000, got HMRC Top Up £467.03 (why not £500?). Now it says online (less than 3 months passed): You can get a maximum government top-up of £467.03 for this entitlement period. You've £359.77 left for this period. I don't understand, where is £359.77 coming from, is it still the…
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when child support stops?
Hi all, previously posted this in the benefit forum but I think it might be more relevant here...... I hope you can shed some light for a sad and disillusioned person- my partner has always paid his child maintenance through the CSA, for the last 3/4yrs, previously directly. However his daughter will be 18 next month and…
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Nursery Cost Advice
I'm looking into sending my daughter to nursery, is there any financial help which can be obtained before the age of three? It seems everything is geared towards parents who aren't working which is strange, it makes me think whether I'd be financially better off not working (not considering this seriously). Thanks in…
