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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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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?
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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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Can someone point me in the right direction for calculations?
Hi, Was really hoping someone could help me? Received a letter about paying CM through the CSA. Happy to pay but wondering how they work it out? I know it based on what the HRMC predict, but on ringing the CSA it turns out my ex has lied and said my two children only stay 1 night a week and only 26 other occasions through…
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Confused by payments
My ex earns £580 per week and has 3 children that live with him and his wife 2 are his and 1 is not. According to the csa calculator he should pay me £58 per week in maintenance for our 1 child together taking into account his 3 other dependants. Got my calculation through and it says as he has 3 other children he has to…
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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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Child Support from Ex Without "Steady Job"
I'm hoping you can help. I am mid-divorce and my ex and I have agreed to go to mediation to sort out finances and custody of the children to try to avoid extortionate legal bills. We had our first joint mediation yesterday. During the conversation the mediator asked about our income. I currently have two jobs and receive…
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When should csa payments stop
Hi all my daughter is 18 and was at collage I am unfortunately rarely in touch with her but expected my payments to end in August. I have a deduction of earnings and yesterday received a new schedule from the csa for payments from September onwards. Even if my daughter stays on at collage for another year she would have to…
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Need some reassurance re Child Maint Services
My payments for my daughter ends with the CSA in September. I have already contacted C M Services and gown through the options with them. I have stipulated that I have no contact and neither does my daughter with her father - his choice. I explained that there was no way we could communicate. Tonight a letter has come…
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Help needed understanding CMO please
OK long story short I was stubborn (stupid!) And never applied for csa when my ex left 7 years ago. However last year I did, with his knowledge, via CMO. They were taking forever and messing up the claim by not taking into consideration the child he had after he left and awarded me all the money rather than divide it…
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Query on child support payments
Hi everyone, My boyfriend has a 4year old from a previous relationship and his mother has contacted CSA for child maintenance as she feels the private arrangement they have isn't working out. My partner hadn't been able to do overtime due to ongoing illness and had since struggled to find money for additional things she's…
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How much?
Hi, My ex works 5 hours a week. He is not claiming any benefits as he had 113 k in inheritance last year and 25k from the family house sale. He has the children two nights a week and pays £55 a per total for 4 children. I'm a single parent, three of the children have Autism so I'm a full time carer. I pay for everything…
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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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Entitled
Question? Divorced. Financial settlement agreed by court - she ends up with approx 43% of my arms forces pension via PSO and 22% of my lump sum. Child support agreed signed out of court to pay going rate as dictated by Government child maintainance calculator. 1 child >103 days contact a year. She now wants evidence of my…
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Csa to child maintenance
Has anyone had dealing with this mine has just gone over from the Csa I was getting £60 a week now child maintenance are saying £17 a week a massive difference
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CMS - Additional money request from the ex
Hello, My ex opened a CMS case last year and I have been paying the requested amount (670GBP or so...). Now she is saying that she spent almost 100GBP on school uniform and that I should be buying the school shoes... Would you say it is fair from her to ask and would you give on top? Or would you say that it is all part of…
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Ex using csa after refusing payments and access to child
Ok i really need advise me and my x split up 9 years ago but ive always had contact with my son gave my ex money which we agreed upon over bank transfers cash in hand etc etc ive always brought my son presents and clothes and anything else he needs but me and my ex had a massive argument over text messaging 3 months ago…
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Pension advice
Hey up folks, hope you can assist me with this. Am having to take ill health retirement due to injury,I am no longer able to do my job. I will get a lump sum & a monthly payment from my work pension. I have 2 boys I pay for to different mothers (never married to either). What will the agency be able to take from me? I am…
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CSA and pension lump sum
I have been paying for my daughter which were taken from my wages by CSA for the last 10yrs.. I have now retired and only on a small pension so only now pay £5 a week. CSA now say there may be arrears and will let me know once they have done a investigation. I do not see how I can owe anything as I have paid every month. I…
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Question about moving to CMS system
Bit of a sticky situation here. My partner was raped by his girlfriend a few years ago, which resulted in the birth of a child. Due to the traumatic circumstances he moved away from the area and has no contact with the mother or child. There was no legal action taken because the circumstances make it very difficult to…
