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Work child care
I work in an independent fee paying school and kids of staff who go to the school (and pay for this) have in the past been able to go to the after school care that the school runs free of charge. The school is looking to start charging at 50% of the normal rate for kids of staff members in the autumn. We've been told that…
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Am I the only one who thinks it isn't right...
Basically my ex wife & I have 2 children, our daughter (13) lives with me & our son (10) lives with her. We split the care 50:50, as in our kids spend every weekend & all school holidays together. We both work & she has re-married. Her husband works as a social worker. Most people in this situation, i.e. with care of one…
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Ex Wife Being a pain
Hi, Please can someone help? My ex wife keeps demanding to see three pay slips, every time I say I cannot afford to give more. I have always paid maintenance, on time and given extra when I can afford it. Our daughters prom is coming up, and she has gone spend crazy, I simply cannot afford to give any extra at present she…
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Child maintenance...not
I have spent the last 3 years trying to get child maintenance from my ex for our two children, one of which is disabled. He is a self-employed contractor and claimed he only paid himself the minimum wage. I told them he was driving a two-year-old Mercedes 4x4 and went to the US on holiday lastyear so they did a variation…
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Lump sum
Does my tax free, lump sum, from my pension, class as earnings, for the child maintenance?
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Please Ignore - found my answer
Found the answer I was looking for - September 3rd. Thanks for stopping by. Have a nice day. I would delete post/thread if I could.
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When does a father stop paying for Child Maintenance, daughter is 18
Hello When does a father stop paying Child Maintenance for his daughter who's 18 and she works part time. She's 19 in few months and is starting College in September to do an A Level part time? sunni
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Back dated CSA
My parents broke up when I was 2 and I haven’t seen my mum since. She paid maintenance for a few months but stopped. The CSA tried to get it after this and couldn’t. My Dad tried to use the service until I was 18 but still no money. Can I try to get this for him now? I’m 30.
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Not paying child maintenance
Hello, My ex and I separated when my son was little over a year old (he's now 7). In the first few years I took care of him almost exclusively (~5 nights a week) but since he started school full time my ex and I changed the arrangement for Thursday's - Sunday's, which has been fair for both of us ever since. We have never…
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Arrears
Hi, Can anyone help please. Back in November 2016 I was in arrears to the tune of £1700. Since then I have paid the monthly amount as per letters from CMS, and I always understood that the payments were made up of “ongoing maintenance” which is the percentage of your wages that you should be paying, plus a bit extra…
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Disclosing income for maintenance calculation
Hi, I'm a paying parent and I'm happy to pay the maintenance, but do I have to disclose to my ex partner the details of my P60 on a yearly basis? The amount needs to be calculated yearly, and it is, but nowhere does it say that I need to share confidential financial details to my ex. She and her solicitor are demanding my…
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Clearance timescales for child support payments
Hi all, Hoping for some advice on where I can go to challenge the pay,ent clearance timescales being quoted to me by the CMS in regards to payments obtained by the enforcement agents. Little bit of background - There are currently two separate Liability Orders out with Marstons for collection, one relating to debt built up…
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Am I overpaying?
Hi there, really don’t know where to go for advice so trying here first... In a nutshell, I am paying £425 p/m support for my 3 kids as per .gov.uk calculator which I have no issue with. My ex also gets the full allocation of child tax credits or whatever they are (£700 p/m) and on top of this she revives just over £400…
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Help !!!!
I need some advice I have 3 children that live with my ex I have pay child maintence at a really high rate as I’m in arrears with them through no fault of my own they didn’t send the paperwork to the correct address. They take the money direct from my wages which leave me with £50 after I’ve paid my rent!! Which leaves me…
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DNA Test (Do I have to back-pay)
So after a 1 night stand and 10 years after am about to do a DNA test I have paid nothing towards the child that the mother says is mine and I am waiting for the proof before I have any emotional ties or contact with them I am curious to whether I will be in arrears or owe money to anyone for the past 10 years if the child…
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Need advice about DWP and CSA
Ok here goes Im an American citizen, met and married my ex wife in 2001, we had 2 children who are now 15 and 13. Wife threw me out because she said I was too controlling, divorce was final Jan 2018. Im now living back in the states and ex and kids are in the uk. My ex is disabled and IVe never worked while living in the…
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Universal Credit Capital Threshold and Student Loan Debt
Sorry I've just spotted that there's sub-topic within the Benefits section, and didn't realise this was for child support. I;ve made a copy of this under universal credit, but not sure how to delete it here. So sorry... Hello all, I am a newbie here, so please tell me if I'm not quite doing things the conventional way....…
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Decision change after 12 years
Back in 2005 I was in arrears with my child maintenance after a number of letter exchanges and the fact my daughter came to live with me for her 2 year college course I received a statement from the CSA clearly stating that the outstanding balance was ZERO. there was no indication what so ever that the decision was…
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CMS Tribunal
(this could be a long explanation, brace yourself) June 2016 I was forced to leave my £33k a year job and take a bribery and a payoff to keep quiet. I was struggling to pay all bills so in September 2016 I entered an IVA and started a new job a £23k October 2016 I decided to try my hand at self-employment. So I came out of…
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Why is my partner paying csa
Hi I’m wondering if anyone can help or shed any light on mine and my partners situation... My partner has 2 children from a previous marriage, I also have 2 children from a previous marriage, and we also have a son together, because we live together my partner helps pay for my children and obviously our son together. We…
