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CMS and BIK
First of all, let me state for the record that I have always taken my obligations to pay child maintenance seriously. Now, I have an issue with the way CMS calculate child maintenance. I am full to me employed, on a salary and have a company car so have a BIK tax obligation. In working out my earnings, the CSM have taken…
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CMS info
Hi Was just wondering if anyone out there has been through or going through the same issue of child maintance I have two daughters 13/8 there father only sees them 102 days a year he worked it out that he gives me £220 a month maintance for them But the question I need help with he has remarriage and his new wife doesn't…
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Innapropriate reference on child support bank payment
My daughter's father has no contact with her following a family court ruling. He stopped paying CSA claiming he wasn't working. When our case was closed by Csa I applied via the new agency and they decided he should be contributing. Anyhow, I had to give him my bank account details via then which I told them I want happy…
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Does partner have to pay if only has child one night a week?
Good afternoon all, Apparently my partner has been on to CSA, and they informed him that he doesn't have to give me a penny if he only looks after the children (1 & 2 year old boys) for one night a week. Please could someone advise. Many thanks in advance!
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Child now living with me
Hi - first post so forgive any newbie errors Just after some points of view ( hopefully rooted in fact or experience as opposed speculation) Had a private arrangement since 2013 with CSA case closed back then so everything is SO direct - Always had regular shared access for 2 children. However for the last year now 1 child…
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CSA state I owe them money from over 10 years ago
Hello All As CSA have stopped handling my payments, I have just set up a family arrangement with my ex to continue my child support. I rang them to inform them this and they have told me I have on outstanding balance of over £600. They state it goes back to when I was on benefits while I cared for my Mum who had…
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Paying 16 year old directly?
Hi all, My OH pays maintenance every month without fail, at the set amount via a private agreement, the CSA have never been involved, however we have huge concerns that none of this is being used on the children. We buy them clothing and pay for school trips etc on top of maintenance and happily do so. Currently the money…
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CSA arrears
I have had a claim open with the CSA since February 2000. I am being switched to the new system next month. What I forgot to ask when I set up my new claim was what happens to the arrears that are owed to me from the old CSA claim?
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CMS want £206 from 9 years ago
Hi all, My case has just been moved over to the CMS from the CSA. They have contacted me saying I owe them £206 from May/June 2007. I am sure this is wrong. How do I prove they are wrong when they are asking about money from 9 years ago (even the inland revenue say you only have to keep financial documents for 7 years). I…
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CMS - flaw in the system causes £20 charge to both parents
I'm a NRP and have been paying CSA for years. The case ends soon as we are being moved over to CMS. I've written to the PWC to see what she preferred to do but no response (its been a fraught few months as she keeps throwing my teenage son out to my place, and then begging for him to come back). In the end I thought it…
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CSA: What happens if my circumstances change?
Hello I'm currently paying through the CSA but have received a letter to say I will be transferred to the new Child Maintenance Service later this year. I expect under the new system we will get the service to work out the payments, but I will then setup a standing order to the Mother. (So we won't have to pay the 20% and…
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Being Moved across to the new system
Has anyone been moved across to the new system yet? I'm on CSA2003 scheme, my friend who was on the CSA1 1991 has had a letter stating his case is now closed and invited him to open one on the new system I just wondered how far they are in moving people across as I know they were going to do in stages with the aim to have…
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Child Support when child in residential school?
Hi, hoping someone can help. My son has complex needs and is now in a residential school 52 weeks a year. I am still receiving Child Benefit and Tax Credits for him (was surprised to learn from them that I'm still entitled). He is 17 and is in full time education. My ex argues that I am not the primary carer, therefore he…
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CSA case ending, setting up new CMS
Hi - I've had a letter recently about my CSA case ending in July I'm a PWC, 3 kids with ex-H, pretty straightforward case. The kids see their Dad, but he & I don't have any contact. From what I can gather about the new scheme and how it suits our case - we have two options in front of us - we arrange a family arrangement…
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CM payments, second child in nrp home
In brief, CM set up using CSA calculation in 2010, worked out at £265 per month (I have one child). 4 years ago, first child born to NRP, payments dropped by £40, to £225 per month, he said he used the calculator to work it out. Just had second child, but he has since been promoted at work. Should I expect another drop in…
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Missing payment & can't get through to CSA on either number - how do I contact them?!
I receive maintenance each month via a DEO that my non-compliant ex is on and for the last few months it's been late, so I've had to call and chase it. I've had no issues getting through on the phone previously. I got through each month to find the payment had been received but not pushed through at the CSA's end, meaning…
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WARNING - CSA have made up arrears!!
Hi, I am putting this on here not to complain or to scare monger but to warn you to check your paperwork thoroughly. My husband is a nrp who has always paid child support through the CSA. The case has just transferred to CMS. He underwent a reassessment last year due to a change of job and was advised that over £1000…
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Previous CSA Calculations Incorrect
So my husband and I decided to look into the rates that calculate the CSA payments out of curiosity and it seems his looks like it was in the wrong rate for a period of time a few years back. When he first started paying CSA he was paying arrears between August 2009-February 2012. Once the arrears were paid from February…
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HELP!! CSA Back Payments 10+Years
I will try and keep this to the point without getting too irate! I have received a letter from the CSA asking for back payment for a 6 month period in 2006 totalling £800+ I have a 14 year old son from a previous relationship, being so young the 'relationship' never got off the ground and ever since I have paid my…
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Child support when you marry - can the ex demand double support?
Asking on behalf of a non mse friend She is getting married in a couple of weeks to a man who has 3 children with his ex wife. He does pay child support and it is a private arrangement not done through csa, always pays on time etc... Now the ex wife has called him and asked how much he is going to be increasing his…
