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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…
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CSA Example Opting out Letter
Hello Would anyone be able to help in an Example opting out letter to stop using the CSA? Has anyone done this themselves? Any Help Much Appreciated
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Unaffordable child support payments
My children were placed with my ex-partner following my suicide attempt earlier this year. Since then, I have made payments to support them. My ex contacted the CMS and said I was not paying. I have demonstrated that I have paid (but last payment now was in August as they became unaffordable, I have explained this to the…
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Advice about CMS
My husband is due to move over to the new CMS. He has always paid CM via CSA, and has never missed a payment. He is happy to pay via direct pay, as he and and his ex are not on speaking terms, however she is insisting that he is put on collect and pay, as it will mean he'll have to pay fees every month. Can this happen, or…
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Csa and education at 19
My son may enrol for college in Sept. He will be 19. Will I still be able to claim csa? He is working 30 hours at the moment
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Child maintenance question
My child wants to start college after Christmas. He is 18. My ex paid csa1 until our son left school when it stopped. Will I need to start a new assessment when my son starts college? My ex is now self employed and running a limited company? What powers have the child maintenance service got to look at his salary? Will…
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Unpaid child support
My mum and dad have been divorced for over 15 years. My dad has never formally paid any child support. It was in the divorce settlement that a) the house would be signed over to my mum to cover the support of her b) £200 per child a month He has got out of paying this, simply by saying he doesn't earn enough. He isn't in…
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Csa help
I have received letter stating I owe £1800 in arrears and must start paying £25 per week . I have always paid csa and when I started new job in Jan 2014 I got in touch with csa to change payment and they said they would get in touch with ex (she was getting payment for two children but we found out I overpaid as she had…
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Probably daft question
I have no idea how maintenance is worked out but my son has told me that he pays maintanence for his child on his gross income and not his net income, as I said it's probably a daft question but is that right. I've had a look around the internet but most of what I'm reading makes absolutely no sense to me. Just to say my…
