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Shared Care - responsibilities beyond maintenance
Hello My ex and I have shared care over our 2 kids, however I look after them slightly more (4 nights per week during term time), and so child maintenance has been awarded in my favour. The amount awarded has significant deductions due to the nature of our shared care (residence works out to be about 55% with me, 45% the…
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Changing amount paid for maintenance
My OH currently pays an agreed amount each month for his 2 children from a previous marriage. This amount was agreed upon with a consent order that went through the courts as part of the divorce. This amount is for more than if he puts his income into the CMS calculator. As well as this amount he pays towards birthday…
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CSA payments
Hi hope someone can help.. child just turned 19 claims to still be in education although we have been told that they don't attend and are barely staying at home most of the time... Pwc states still in education so obviously still claiming CB. When will this case run its course?
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End of Child Maintenance payments.
Hello, I am trying to work out when I should stop paying child maintenance to my ex for my son. I have googled this and although a lot of sites do state the criteria for this, my situation is not so straight forward. My son finished school in summer 2015 (At 16). I understand it is a legal requirement that children must…
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Is the PWC entitled to NRP's redundancy?
Hi All, Regular contributer in several forums, but I want annonymity for this (I don't want forum members knowing my business!). As per title, I'm being made redundant, with no new job on the horizon. I plan to use the redundancy payment to live off, until I can find more work. I was with the company for a number of years,…
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Is it possible to check child benefit claim?
My ex has denied contact with my child for years (in contravention of court hearings which I eventually couldn't continue to keep reviving) but I have paid religiously - it's all about money and power to her. My child is now 18, but I know that I will be forced to pay maintenance until she is 20 as my ex will fraudulently…
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I am about to lose my home.
I wonder if anyone can offer advice? Left my partner in March 2015. He lives in our council home still with our 17 year old Daughter who chose to stay near her school. I moved into rented accommodation and continued to pay rent and bills at 1k a month. Then his eldest Daughter and her boyfriend both moved in and both work…
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Advice needed
My ex husband & I have our own arrangement when it comes to child maintenance....my youngest who is autistic & is currently undergoing further assesments. He currently isn't in education & the LEA are dragging thier heels. There is no where in the county that can meet his needs & I am looking at residential college for him…
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What happens if you close down a case and re-open a couple of weeks later
Hi all, I'm thinking of closing my CSA2 case and re-opening on CMS, even though I haven't had my 'letter of migration' yet. Everywhere seems to say that you have to wait 13 weeks, I don't really understand why though? What would happen if I didn't wait the 13 weeks and went straight to CMS? I have a Child manintenance…
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DEO Enforcement
What powers do the CSA have to enforce a DEO once it is set up? My children's father has had one in place for a few years now but some months (like this month) it's really late or just doesn't get paid. The money gets deducted from the NRP's pay, but not sent over promptly (or at all). What can the CSA do about this?…
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Ex refusing to pay Child Maintenance - HELP!
Hi, My ex husband earns approx £55k per year working in an investment bank in London but has been off work "sick" since before Christmas. He's now refusing to go back, doubtlessly claiming stress. He has threatened previously to not pay maintenance to me for our two children (he is supposed to pay me £680 per month), but…
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Help please
Anyone had dealings with the Chid Maintenance? The kid's father works as a car salesman. According to the hmrc, his earnings for last year, would have been I would be entitled to £422 per month. But the snake has now changed his contract, all the commission is now paid, in one lump in December. Which now means his…
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advice needed
Currently reducing visiting weekends, (live different end of country) and therefore we are increasing csa amount payment, due to health and child less in need of support as teenager now 17. Q: is CSA the minimum amount, and is it considered a fair amount to give to ex? Ex unwell and has less benefits and we feel always…
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Help with child support issue
Hiya. There was another thread about charging orders, but I didn't want to hijack. I'm currently owed a 'fair few' thousand in unpaid child maintenance (it was a REMO as the NRP isn't in the UK) and there's no sign of him paying any arrears (or maintenance). He owns 2 mortgaged properties with his wife, and 1/3 of a…
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Paternity dispute - advice needed
My partner has received a letter from Child Maintenance Services here in Northern Ireland. The letter states he has been named as the parent of a child of his ex girlfriend. He is well aware there is a CHANCE that he is the father of this child and if that is the case then he is more than willing to pay the maintenance…
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Csa payments, where do they go?
Around 2006 my partner and I seperated for around 18 months, it was a difficult time and I involved CSA. He did not pay any money to them during that period. Fast forward to now and we have been back together for the last 8 years. They have been collecting arrears of around £4000 from him for the last few years. My query…
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Help with the brick wall at the CMS
So I am encountering a massive brick wall when speaking with these people, I got a call from them recently asking for confirmation of residential contact which I confirmed. They then proceeded to tell me that the calculation had been redone and £x would be new figure, dropping his liability. I asked for income based on…
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Consent Order - Help needed!
Myself and my partner have just received a copy of the consent order from the courts following his Decree Absolute with the following wording in relation to 2 of his 3 children, both of which are in University full time and living away from home during term time:- "And upon the Respondent (my partner) agreeing with the…
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Advice please
Hi, I've been split up from my husband for 14 years now, and 3 out of our 4 children have left home. He was paying a reasonable amount of child support for all the children until it was left with just our youngest who is 16. Four years ago he had one out of his two children who he had with another woman and this is when…
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CMS demand 10 years later
Can anyone shed any light on this? He paid CSA through attachment of earnings until youngest child reached 18 ten years ago. A letter came in the post two days ago saying that he now owes a further amount. When payment was made at some £500 per month there were arrears included which were paid up. Can anyone shed any light…
