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Child support

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Bloody CSA!
Hi! We've paid maintainence for my step daughter for the past 15 year. We used to have a private agreement with her mother but she's since decided to use the CSA. We paid by deductions from earnings. My SD has decided to leave home and move to a different city with her boyfriend and his family. She's been there now for…
ex wife wants more money following court order
My husband is paying a significant anount of maintence for his 13 year old child, agreed in a court order in what was a very generous settlement for his ex wife. He also supports 3 other children financially through university agreed in a solicitor letter. He wanted to do right for all his children His ex wife now wants…
Average nights per week??? Advice please
Hi all, I have an agreement to have my daughter 6 nights in 4 weeks i.e. friday and sunday one week, saturday night the next. However, recently since the ex has a new bloke she is literally always asking if I want to have her extra nights / days which I nearly always agree to if I possibly can with work commitments etc.…
What do the CSA actually do???
I'll try to keep this as concise as possible :) I have maintenance paid through the csa for my child who is now nearly 17. I didn't start claiming maintenance from my ex until my son was 7 as up until then it was easier not to invite the hassle even though I could've done with the money!! When I had my original award, it…
CSA - Marital Status Query
Hi I have looked around for this specific answer and had no joy so I hope someone can maybe help. I am currently in receipt of CSA payments from my ex for our Son who has just turned 10 years old. We have only just started receiving money from my ex - the CSA finally tracked him down and he's been forced to pay directly…
Breach of contract?
I'd be grateful for any advice you may have please. My ex told me he would contribute a certain percentage of his income towards bringing up the children. This has been confirmed by him in writing. I've since found out that his contribution was less than the percentage he agreed to pay. He didn't disclose his earnings to…
new csa
1 quick question, I have worked hard all my life, am now married to a NRP, the new CSA scheme coming in, do they take my income into consideration?
anyone gone to court with CSA against NRP
I left my husband 6yrs ago due to domestic violence, his drug habbit and his affairs. I applied to CSA after I left for some financial help from him for our 3 young children. It took CSA over 2yrs to eventually get a deductions of earnings order from him and after nearly 3yrs struggling on my own I started getting £280 a…
Father never paid child support, now found him after 36 years!
Hi All, I have recently found my Father after 36 years. He did not pay a penny towards my upbringing and my Mother put a claim in for child support when I was younger. My Father fled to France, and never made contact with us, even though he was married to my Mother for 15 years previous to me being born. Can my Mother take…
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CSA Arears
My ex says she has recieved no money for our 20 yr old daughter but i paid every month some cash but alot in to her bank, i have some reciepts but the CSA say it is not enough evidence, and i am paying £260 a month in arrears £30'000 total over the next ten years, she won't admit i have given it to her as she willl be done…
CSA after age 16
Hi, I have a daughter from a previous relationship - she turns 16 in October of this year. To cut a long story short she has suffered lengthy breaks in her education and isn't expected to do well, maybe 2 or 3 GCSE's at most. She has no plans to go to college and may have to repeat a year at school. I think it's unlikely…
When to stop paying csa
My son left school at sixteen and enrolled in a further education three year course at his local college, he has now turned 18 he currently starts back in September on his level three NVQ joinery course he has secured a placement where he does four days a week at a local firm and one day a week at college he will be…
Daughter doing a beautician course at tech college
Is this classed as education she turns 18 next week do I still pay maintainance she was at college last year but dropped out.this is 3 days a week and gets her a L2 nvq thanks
Maintenance for a 19 year old? my ex wants money from me
My son, 19, has decided to go back to college in a last ditch attempt to do something with his life (totally encouraged by myself and his step dad).. as the college he will be attending is nearer to his dads house he will be living with him (I've always had him with me and my partner who has brought him up since he was 5).…
Stephen Lawson against the CSA
Hi all, has anyone on here had any dealings with Stephen Lawson a Solicitor who takes on cases to fight the CSA. After exhausting all the stages of complaint through the CSA, ICE and PO to no avail I have contacted him and he thinks he can help me. As this is going to cost me money I'd like to hear from anyone with their…
Changing CM payments - voluntary agreement
Hi All, I've posted originally on the long running Erudio Student Loans thread, but thought I'd ask another question here. The background to this is that Erudio are now claiming that the Child Maintenance I receive from my ex should be counted as my income; so they want me to use over 1/3 of it to pay of a deferred student…
CSA - Increase in payments??
Hello, My partner and his (almost) ex made a private agreement (not CSA) regarding child support - 2 children ages 12 & 17/£505 per month. She has phoned him earlier today, to advise that the CSA have in April (?) this year increased the weekly support rate for 2 children, and she wants next months' payment to include the…
Help CSA and Lodger
Hi My wife’s ex doesn’t pay a penny in child support yet he swans about in designer clothes drives a flash car, nice house etc. etc. He is jealous that I have his ex-wife and their son lives with the wife and me. However he doesn’t work and is currently studying to be a self-employed accountant. The questions I have is…
CSA1 case closing - Moving to new scheme
My husband had a letter last week to say that his CSA1 case will close in March. His daughter is 15 so he still has to pay for her for another 4 or 5 years and he wants to get things organised so that there is not a gap in payments. Most of all he doesn't want to provoke arguments with his ex (there have been more than…

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