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Child support

Get help with child support or child maintenance arrangements.

Can my ex claim child support from my personal injury claim money?
Can my ex claim child support from my personal injury claim money?
Can CSA access my savings as I am currently unemployed and ineligible for benefits?
Hi, I have recently been made unemployed and have taken this opportunity to try and learn full time forex trading online for the next 12 months. I am living off my savings, and as my savings are over £16k I am ineligible for benefits. I was hoping to come to an arrangement with my daughters mother regarding financial…
Can you appeal a child support outcome?
Hello all, new to the forum and joined to make this post, hoping you all can help me here. I am a father of a beautiful teenage daughter, and I have full custody as granted by child services. A few months ago after years of not claiming, I claimed for child support. They decided that because my daughter's mum was claiming…
Threatened with Court for Child Maintenance Payments.
The Background....I have 2 children by my ex wife. Both my ex wife, children and I all live in SCOTLAND. My eldest (son) is 18 and lives in a hostel, my youngest is 12 and lives with her Mum. I have always paid the agreed amount of child maintenance to my ex wife, on time and in full (we had a private agreement). My son…
NRP wants to change to a Shared Care arrangement
Hi, I am PWC for my 2 kids and the NRP is asking me if they can change this so they are able to claim benefits for them; Child Benefit, Housing Benefit, etc. NRP hasn't worked for a very long time and has been relying - I guess - on cunning in order the gain money, they have also proved to be very untrustworthy before and…
problems with child maintenance
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30 Hours Free Lost to Nursery Extra Hours Charges
Hi, So now our child is 3 years old, I was looking forward and had planned financially for the 30 hours free childcare that will start in September. My expectation was that we would save the £75 per day incl. lunch (£60 after tax free childcare is deducted) we currently pay for her to attend 3 days a week. However, I have…
Have you had to pay a fine relating to the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge? Tell an MP...
Failing to register your liability to the High Income Child Benefit Charge through a tax return can result in a fine. On 3 September, Conservative MP for South Thanet Craig Mackinlay is leading a debate in Westminster Hall on the issue, and wants to hear about your experiences. He gave us the following statement: We will…
Child Care Voucher / Taxable Pay
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Child maintenance tax charge
Hi I am a single mum with a 15yr old daughter. I have always claimed child maintenance but pay it back through my tax code as I earn over £50k. My daughter is now living with her Dad and his partner, both earn less than £50k. If I stop receiving payment and they start to claim, would I still have to pay the tax charge?…
Child maintenance
Advice needed, my 18 year old has near enough finished 6th form. But because she isn't getting the grades she wanted has now decided to start college in September doing a full time 2 year course. The course is A level equivalent. My ex had told her he won't be paying child maintenance over the school holidays (jul-sept)…
Liability Order
Hi Everyone I just wondered if anyone has the experience of the NRP not paying the liability order and them being sent to court? I have been told that my ex is in court this week he hasnt paid me a penny in 14 years Thank you
Some Guidance Needed
Since me and partner split up, once everything was in order I went to the CMS so they could calculate the payments etc and ensure that I recieved a fair amount for the children. From the get go it was a case of my ex having the kids for less than 52 nights a year. So falls in the maximum bracket for CMS. This has never…
Help please. Tax free childcare
This is my first time posting but I’m in need of help urgently. I’ve made a big mistake which I wasn’t aware of. Basically up until now I’ve been paying for 15 hours for my now 2 year old and then breakfast club for my 5 year old. A total of around £75 a week. I work 20 hours per week and my partner works 40. I’ve applied…
Advice on the CMS
Hi everyone, Im looking for some advice in dealing with the CMS, whom I have had a hell of a time with over the years and back when they were the CSA. I haven't see my daughter who is 13 for a number of years now due to a relationship breakdown with her mum, but that's not the issue here. In September last year I informed…
30 Hours free Childcare support
Hi, this is the first time posting here, this question might have already posted but can't find the right answer anywhere. I'm self- employed but don't make much money as need to jiggle between daughter, work and house as don't have family around, my husband works full time so we don't qualify for benefits, and I want to…
Child Maintenance and Capital Gains Tax
Hi all - any semi-authorative advice on this problem would be most helpful: Basically - will my ex-wife receive any money when I get a windfall from selling shares in my employers company? 1. I currently earn £30000, but my child maintenance payments are based on my 2017-2018 salary of over £40000! Due to me receiving a…
Eligible course question
Hi there, Husband is NRP, he and ex have always had private arrangement. His daughter has completed A levels, and we thought maintenance liability would be coming to an end. Now hearing that she is going to do a two year diploma course, which she has to pay £3k a year for. We are unsure whether this means liability…
Nrp job hopping 😡
Hi bit of a rant really and wondering if anybody else has ever been in this situation(to shed some light on it) I have just rung the cms as my payment never came in to be told my ex isn't with the company they have the deductions of earnings with but another is flagging up on the system and they will set another up. Since…
Child Benefit Earning Over 60K
Hello, I earn less than 50K and my wife earns over 60K. We've recently had a baby. I completed the child benefit forms saying we don't want to claim as I thought we're ineligible given my wife's earnings. However, due to maternity pay, my wife will be paid around £30K for the year, so we should be eligible, is this right?…

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