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New CMS case - need advice
I am divorced from my husband who is living with his new girlfriend. I am the carer of our two children. When we got divorced the agreement was that he pays £300.- per month and has the kids for two nights per week. He at some point shortened it to £200.- and told me that's all I am getting. Financially I could cope with…
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Info re waiving and course of action
Hi All I'm after a little advice on my situation. I am altering data slightly for obvious reasoning. I do apologise if I am starting a thread I shouldn't. I couldn't find anything similar to tag on to. Last year after 15 years CSA moved onto CMO and I was told that I would be re-assessed. That duly occurred and schedule…
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Tax Credits and Concentrix
Single mum, work full time. Small entitlement to Tax Credits. Received letter from Concentrix in April asking for evidence of childcare. Sent evidence before deadline. Heard nothing till September when I got a letter saying I hadn't sent evidence and hadn't responded to their June letter. June letter was never received. I…
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CMS Payments - ex-wife demanding money for childcare
Hey alll So I'm currently in the process of divorcing my wife. As soon as it ended and we split, we made arrangements for CMS based on my pay and things went well. I also agreed to pay for clothes to keep at mine, as I had them once a fortnight from Friday to Monday, along with the odd Friday to Saturday in between, and I…
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In desperate need of advice
Hi, I am after advice. I have been a NRP for the past 16 years to my 3 children and have paid all of my payments via CSA. I am now only responsible for paying CM for my youngest daughter who is 18 and has a baby herself. I have been in full time employment for almost 25 years with my current employer and since March this…
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Starting a NVQ course at 19
Hi My daughter finished her college course in June of this year when she was 18. She now works anything from 10-36 hrs a week at a Pub Restaurant.At this point, I stopped making payments through CSA. She turned 19 at the beginning of October and now work have offered her the chance to do a NVQ Catering course whilst at…
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how many nights a year rule vs court order
Sorry if this might has been asked before, i couldn't find anything for my case I have my 2 kids with a court order every second weekend and 50% of the holidays. As my daughter is now older now, I haven't seen her for a few months. Now the CMS wants to reduce my days due to this fact. I heard now 2 versions from CMS -…
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CSA ending, CMS starting notice period??
Do NRP's get a notification of a CSA case coming to an end due to the change to CMS? It appears that the PWC in our case has been told a while ago that it will be ending 6 months from when she got the notification, but hubby hasn't had any notification. - Surely both sides should get a letter notifying them of an end to…
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Ex avoiding maintenance but living the high life
Not only is ex husband not paying maintenance as he should and taking the CMS to a tribunal.He is saying he can't afford it as he then won't be able to afford his rent or car. 3 weeks ago he has had to move from his current rented house at 750 a month amd has now rented a 5 bed house for 1600 a month. The icing on the cake…
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Can CSA payments be reintroduced??
Hi In 2003 my husband split up from his previous wife. They had a son together who was 6 at the time. My husband left her the house and agreed through the courts that he would pay Child Maintenance up until he left education. This was agreed through the court and CSA were never involved. In 2015 he left full time education…
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CMS - Annual Review Figure Too High
Morning, I wonder if anyone has had any issues with the CMS when paying too much and if there has been any success in reviewing the amount they have had to pay and what they have had to do? I have just received my annual review letter, which has seen a significant increase in what I am supposed to pay each month, so I…
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If get a DNA test and it comes back inconclusive, what to think?
Before I order a £99 kit to test myself and son secretly I am faced with one (a 1 in 300) possibility of it coming up inconclusive. This is due to a DNA mutation or something. I can handle if I am or am not. But what do I do if I get the inconclusive result? Or am I worrying too much? The only way to eliminate this problem…
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claiming travel expenses
Anyone know if youcan claimtravel expenses try to see my kids twice a month but it crippling me they live over 120 miles away so spending nearly £150 on traveling as well as child maintence on top, it crippling me tbh, I cant afford to see them twice but want too. I recently found out if I went throufh CSA I would only be…
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Self employed
Has anyone who is self employed had to sort out their Child support? I get paid different amounts each month. I have suggested that I show her my invoices monthly and we use the online calculator to make sure it's right but she seems to think I'm up to something and won't accept it. How would the csa do it?
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CSA debt
Hi New poster but regular reader/lurker on mse. Today out of the blue oh has had a call from CSA saying he owes money from 2001. Apparently they are just closing the claim down - his youngest child is 26! We have letters from them - annual statements which are all nil. We used to joke about why we still got them seeing as…
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REMO when the RP is the one moving abroad
Hello, I'm after some advice please. Most of the posts re REMO on here seem to be related to the NRP/paying parent moving abroad, however my case is the opposite; I have recently moved abroad with my two children and the second I have left the UK my ex husband has stopped his child maintenance payments (amount confirmed by…
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CSA Help please
7 Years ago the mother of my children died. I had already been bringing my son & daughter up on my own a couple of years before this and had an ongoing dispute with the CSA. When their mother passed away I received a letter from the CSA stating that my case was closed. Perhaps they had some compassion after all? I hadn't…
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No Drama cases
For those who's cases have come to an end, did you get advanced notice from the CSA?
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Can someone help with a calculation please?
I'm not very good at working out the calculations, so I'm hoping some kind soul can help me out. My ex has been on JSA, so I was receiving £5 per week. Before the move over to CMS, maintenance was taken at source (from his JSA more recently, but directly from his wages previously) due to continued non-compliance, for which…
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child maintenance - how much?
My daughters are staying with me 2-3 nights a week, how do I calculate how much child maintenance i should be paying my ex?
