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Child support

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Morally wrong or is it ok?
So a ex of my husbands has been in touch ( found us via Facebook) in summary they where together 2 months , she had a child in 2003 never told my husband. She says she must of only been a week or two pregnant when they split up and she met someone they day after. She had the child and put her new partner on the birth…
Historical unpaid maintenance
Hi all, wondered if anyone could help and/or advise please? So my father failed to stick to the court agreement to pay my mother weekly maintenance for my sister and I. He actually stopped in 1990 so working this out including interest accrued is a pretty heart sum. He has children from a previous marriage and also step…
Pip and housing benefit
Hi could any body answer my question please I was working full time and had to go part time I applied for pip for my depression and won backdated for a year Dwp paid my back payment of £2700 and tax credits paid my disability back payment of £1900 will my housing benefit be backdated for a year as I was working full time…
Help With CMS
Hi its a really long story but i will try to keep it as short as possible. I had a case with the CSA which ended December 2014 i got a letter saying my ex still owed over £500 to me and that the new CMS would take over this and recover what he owed. I set up a case with CMS for maintenance payments and was told they would…
Tax Credit Investigation for Reconsideration on Decision
Hi all, I'm after some advice... I claim wftc as a single person - my husband passed away 3 years ago. When he passed away my husband had his own business of which we were both directors and our acountant filed our annual tax returns etc. After my husband died (he had a pub) i had to change the pub in to my nme in order to…
Money owed from CSA
I've been informed by the CSA that I shouldn't have been paying maintenance since September 2015 when child benefit stopped. I have given them my bank details so they can refund the money but they have told me they need to investigate the file from the start (Sept 2010). I've not missed any payments. They've now told me it…
Fed up with paying but not being able to see my children
I have been attacked by the Csa now for a year with them taking money direct from wages £900 p/m but I can't see my kids so enough is enough I'm going self employed any tips or thoughts
Maintenance calculation
Hi , My ex is getting benefit from Department of Work and Pensions but he also gets ill pension from his private insurance scheme which is taxable. Per maintennce groups if you get one of the listed benefits then you pay 7 pounds a week and they do not ask for any additional income . Anybody knows if his ill pension should…
csa payments and apprenticeships?
My partners 18yr old son just got an apprenticeship what hrs can he work or money can he earn before affecting his fathers csa payments? Is he still entitled to any csa payment?
Husbands ex and daughter claiming CMS but daughter not going to college
My husbands 17 year old daughter claims to be in college but actually not attending. He tells the CMS but because when they ask his ex wife if his daughter attending college and she say yes they won't listen. This also happened to us with his older son but on the old system! So she basically claims money she is not…
Getting child maintenance from ex who works offshorr
I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this but asking anyway. I have an ex who has given the CSA the run around for years and managed to pay practically nothing for his 3 kids, child support can't trace him as they can't pin an address down and they can't find a bank account or employer although he is engaged to be married…
And Then There Were None...
Hello I'm a regular MSE'er but decided to register under a new name to discuss my query/curiousity. In brief: Nightmare case commenced 2001. Used loophole to transfer over onto CS2. Last assessment on CS2 was in 2007. I decided to leave it as was glad to get something and the nightmare continued until everything began to…
Maternity allowance
Hi Just an enquire, my sons wife who works is having a baby and is not entitled to anything,after a month of having her baby she wants to take the legal of time of work to look after her baby , 9 months can my son claim working tax credits Just wondering Any help will be appreciated
Maintance Payments Based Off 2012 TaxYear
I received a letter today for my child maintenance annual review. I am just going to state that my sons father is in a load of debt and his case is currently with the bailiffs due too constant missed payments. I read through the letter and realised I am still being paid the flat rate even though he has been working since…
Do I have any rights?
Hi all I'm a PWC of two boys aged 11 and 13, I have had an arrangement with my ex wife for some years of payment of £210 this has never changed and whilst she may be paid a lot more now as she has had numerous jobs I was happy to receive. The last two months she has not paid anything, she says this is due to work becoming…
Child maintenance service help
1st post please help I am currently getting no where with the child maintenance service about a yearly review I've just received that I disagree with. The facts are that my ex currently earns £11799.14 a year gross annual income for 2016 but the child maintenance service are still using her previous gross annual income of…
CSA arrears that husband didnt know he had
please can someone help we have just received a letter from CSA saying my husband is due arrears from 1997 to 2001 for his 2 oldest children, he still pays every month for his other 3 kids never misses a payment. We really dont know where to start to get advises. I also received a letter saying thats the CSA have writing…
How much is enough
Hi I'm new to this and just looking some info I pay my ex £80-£100 a week for 3 kids IV also been buying shoes concert tickets getting their hair done making them dinner 2 nights a week and supplying pocket money while my ex won't put her hand in her pocket (living rent and bill free right now) sometimes can amount to over…
Moral vs financial dilemma - do i reduce my maintenace payments
Okay, so split with my wife nearly 2 years and divorced for 18 months. We have 3 kids, 17, 12 & 9 and family home is still in joint names She moved a guy in a few months after I left, I am now in a relationship living with my gf in rented accommodation with her 2 children from her previous relationship. I earn 40k and ex…
I need some help please
I'm new to all this and looking for some help basically. I have a child who is 10 and sees their dad every weekend. He pays me between 100- 120 a month and works as a delivery driver. I've asked him in the past to prove how much he earns and he basically shoots me down and says I get enough from him. Our son is 10 and…

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