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New to child maintenance; question regarding irregular work
After trying for over three years to come to a private arrangement I made the call to cms today to make an application for direct pay to get maintenance for my son. My ex is a labourer and works via an agency and I think that he has a few occaisional weeks where he doesn't get any work. How will the CMS work out what he…
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Stopping child suppott
Hi Would really appreciate any advice. DSD dropped out of college last year and is now supposed to be working full time for a family business (although I don't think she is actually showing up often). Anyway she is now 18 and paying her mother rent from her "salary" so we would like to stop paying maintenance. We've always…
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When will my case move?
Hi there. Is there somewhere I can find out when my case will move please? The NRP is on a DEO with four figure arrears. Two children. Thanks so much.
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Can i claim csa although still live together?
Hey! Before i start i must apologise for the randomness of this next question but there is a method in my madness and hopefully someone will be able to set me straight! ok,so my partner has a child from a previous relationship whom he sees regularly and pays £400 a month CSA,this was started from the month his son was born…
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CMS question - vindictive PWC
In terms of full disclosure, I am the wife of the NRP but I have no issue at all with him paying maintenance (other than the fact she has refused to let him see his kids for six years despite him having a judgement in his favour for access). I was had not met him when they were married so I was not the OW. So the old CSA…
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suing the csa
I read this elsewhere on the forum: The CSA have immunity from criminal liability because its a government agency. Also you cannot sue the CSA because you cannot sue the State. Is this true?
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Left a perm job for a temp one that has now ended can I claim js
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Child support and agency work?
Hi Guys Wonder if you could help us. We are trying to organise child support for my partner daughter his ex has filed for csa he works via a agency atm and will be going self employed as of next month. With the agency he only finds out on the Friday if he is working the next week or not. We can just survive on my money as…
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Child Maintenance for Dad
Hi I'm after some advice i've been separated from my wife for nearly 4 years we have a 6 year old daughter. I usually have my daughter every other weekend or sometimes three weekends a month. Due to my ex's work sometimes she has to go away which means i look after my daughter. Shes currently away at the moment until the…
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Widows pension query
Hi just wondered if anyone can advise. I currently receive a widowed mothers pension my husband died in 1999. My daughter turns 18 in July and I know when I initially applied for it they advised that the child component would be removed and I would then receive a widows pension. However with the changes to widows pensions…
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CTC and DLA when child turns 16
Hello everyone, my daughter turns 16 in April and I receive CTC for her and her siblings I also get careers allowance and she gets DLA. Now I was warned she will have to claim PIP when she's 16 but I haven't heard anything from DLA regarding this... I'd it a completely new benefit... Will she have to be reassessed and all…
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Cms calculation challenge
Hi I am hoping someone can offer some advice. My husband submitted paperwork to the CMS to allow the maintenance claim to be calculated. It included his 2015 tax return and a 2016 projected return. He was made redundant in 2015 and the tax return included paye earnings as well as self employed earnings following his…
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child support when first child goes to university.
Has any one got any advice on maintenance payments/child support when a first child goes to university? I have three children, two from first relationship. I have paid child support without a legal agreement using CSA calculator as a guide. I always have paid over the advised level so have never needed to go down legal…
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Returning from maternity vs benefits
Hi all, I'm desperate for some advice and information. I'm currently on maternity leave and due back at work in April, week 39. Now work have told me the company isn't doing great and given me a warning that I may be transferred to a different site on my return, but have to wait and see. Already, that location is further…
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Advice Please?
Hi there, I'm hoping you very knowledgeable people can give me some advice. I'm divorced and my own children are all grown up, so no financial issues there at all. At the moment I'm living alone, but I'd quite like to move in with my guy in the future, and we plan to get married at some point in the future. He has children…
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Missed payments - move to CMS or not?
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Overpayment
After more than a decade with no missed payments I get my letter (which I was expecting) to confirm that my CSA obligations were now at an end. Got a phone call today to say I had in fact overpaid and did I want the excess refunded. Unsurprisingly I say yes please and ask how much was the overpayment. They can't tell me…
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Daughter with dad, 3 others with mum?
4 children stayed with mother but one child decides to move in with dad. Dad doesnt work claims benefits. Mum works school hours on just above mimimum wage. Would this work out as he has to pay his £7 per week for the 3 with mum and she has to pay the going csa rate for one child out her wages? Or would the fact she has 3…
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CSA; how to find out if someone is working?
Hi all Ex was paying child support regularly (once forced to by CSA - taken from his wages) for the last couple of years. Now the CSA have written to say they couldn't take the latest payment from him payslip as he has left his job. He didn't tell them he was leaving, and hasn't replied to their correspondence to ask where…
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Pay CSA if student and work?
Hi I really can't find the answers on-line, hope someone can answer the questions below. From what I've read online, if your studying in college or University 12 hours per week, you pay the Nill Rate CSA. My question is, if I'm studying part-time (15 hours per week) and working part-time (15 hours per week- £1,138 net…
