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Anyone else miss a payment due to 'upgrading system'?
Or however you would like to put it?! I've only just managed to find out why I didn't receive anything in September.Apparently, with the change to the system where parents are now charged,there were a few cases where the system decided not to bother with September leaving 'a few' of us with no payment. Although,I'm…
Child support ending
My husbands son is going to be 18 next month, he finishes education next year. He's been told as he is on CSA 2 that the rules of that scheme mean he stops paying maintenance the September of 2015m he finishes a levels next May but child energies js kay able to the end of Aug/sept of that year. However it says on the csa…
CSA1 Assessment
Hi all, new to this forum so apologies if this question has been asked before. Does anyone know how to work out an assessment on CSA1 rules? Or if I can PM someone who would be able to work it out for me? Thank you in advance.
how much for child maintenence?
Hey guys If I have a child with an ex. And now how 2 children with my new wife who lives with me. How much on average would I need to pay in child maintained for my child who lives with my ex. He probably stays with me once or twice a week. My earnings are around 450 pounds gross.
CSA arrears
Can anyone help I have recently been contacted by the CSA who are after arrears even though the dates are when my child went on to further education. "Which she didn't" I was on DDE "but" the child did not go on to further education. I have told them but they say I need to inform the benefits agency. Shouldn't this be…
Help with calculating maintenance
Hi I'm after some help with calculating child maintenance but it involving 3 kids and 2 mothers I come out with £1400 per month after tax I have a private arrangement with my eldest child's mother of £120 a month and I have access every other weekend I now need to work out what I need to pay for my 2 little ones to the…
*sigh* csa again...
Hi all, hope you lovely people can answer a question please!! bit of background, my husband ceased work in april 2010 to care for our children and was classed as 'nil assessment' due to his having no income. May 2012 we separated, and he claimed income support for approx 3mths while we were apart. In august 2012 we got…
Do you have to be a child's biological parent to be forced to pay child support?
Hi. Here's my circumstances. Me and my partner have recently split up. My ex has a 4 year old daughter from a previous relationship. Although I'm not her daughters biological father and I've never had formal parental responsibilities, can she still take me to the CSA to make me pay child support? I've offered to pay a…
CSA or whatever they are called now...
Have the maintenance amounts changed recently..? My ex earns around £600 per week. I only get £30 by private arrangement at the moment. I am sick of being taken for a fool and am now going to make things more formal. I went on the government calculator things and it says the amount should be £53 a week..? She has our child…
Is it just me... or... ?
Is the CSA/CMEC/Whatever a complete shambles? I'm just venting really, not looking for answers :rotfl: Two months ago I emailed CMO & they told me I could get maintenance from my self-employed ex, they've never managed before but have assured me that they have more powers than they used to. Since Monday, I've ; Emailed CMO…
Review of payments
I've been receiving the same amount of money per week from my ex since 2008. Is there some sort of review date for payments or is it something that needs to be sorted out between us? I had a look on the CSA website but it doesn't say much.
Tax credits and childcare costs for CSA calculations
Hi, looking for some advice as the NRP's wife. Before I continue, I just want to make very clear that my husband has always paid child support and I am really not in any way trying to deprive the other parent of anything. I am due to return to work after a period of unpaid maternity leave. My husband has just changed his…
Help and advice over my fiance's ex CSA threat
My fianc! ex strikes again!!! Bit of background...She is a woman indeed scorned and has tried to cause as much trouble and upset for all involved. Been divorced long before we met, but still doesn't want him to move on. He was originally making child maintenance payments direct, at an amount she demanded, as well as…
Offshore workers and CS obligation...
Hi, I am desperate for advice on this as the CSA can't give me an answer and I am at my wits end. Basically the ex has been working offshore for a while and now claims that he has moved jobs and is working for an offshore company in Singapore, spending more than 183 days overseas and has been 'advised' by the CSA that he…
Maintenance problem!
Hi guys, my first post but I have been browsing the forum and it seems very helpful so hopefully I can use some of your advice! Me an my partner split up in March 2014, as of July 2014 I started a child maintenance case. As he was only working at McDonald's part time he was only earning £140 p/w, he paid £63 per month for…
Going to court with CSA anyone done this
I seperated from my childrens father 6yrs ago due to domestic abuse, his drug habit and his affairs. The day I left him he swore I would not get a penny CSA and he has stuck true to his word! It took CSA over 2yrs to eventually get a deductions of earnings order (as he was working) and I actually started getting some money…
CB ended but csa payments continuing??
Starting own thread as new on here Any advice or experiences recently Child benefit has been confirmed as finished but csa says that to stop the payments may take 3mths.How is that allowed?Thought the payments would stop after going to Uni and things confirmed both sides...what can I do as ridiculous that il pay and child…
CSA - old rules assessment
Hi, Does anyone know how to work out an old rules CSA assessment? What information do I need before starting it? Thanks :)
migration lost period increase?
Hi, I hope someone can help. we have a breakdown of accounts, it details '£1029.04 increase migration lost period' can anyone explain what this is please? I have googled, but have not found an answer. if it helps, he had one case used in the old system, then a new case started from 2003 onwards.they were both migrated to…
Advice please re: CSA, education and DNA
I hope you can advise on this, its like jeremy kyle but here goes. My husband's ex has numerous kids by different fathers, there's 8 in total. Her two youngest kids are 19 and 16. My husband is on the 19 yearolds birth certificate as her father although, he is definitely not her father (he met the ex when she was 6 months…

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