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Child support

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Child maintenance and consent order
My ex is self employed and has not paid any child maintenance. He finally supplied accounts for our consent order and that is all sorted out and we are divorced. The consent order states that he is to comply with the CSA in order to pay arrears and sort out maintenance. He refuses to answer the phone them. Is it worth…
Child Maintenance
HI, My marriage broke down about 8 months ago and my wife moved out. We have 2 young children and have a 50/50 custody arrangement. My question is..... If we have a 50/50 custody arrangement and my wife earns more than me, do I have to pay maintenance or am I entitled to maintenance from her? Things are very amicable…
certain laws are deliberatly unfair
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Havn't got a clue ?
My stepdaughter is constantly ''borrowing'' money for essentials (her words). She asked today and as she is paid weekly its 2 days after payday. OH always hands some over because of the worry and I say nothing unless asked. She has a daughter (14) who has hardly ever lived with her since birth (sad but no bond and doesn't…
NRP possibly commited crime
Hi, I'll try to cut long story short as the long story is very complicated. NRP reported a much lower income to CSA so I appealed in August 2012 for June 2012 decision. In 2013 Tribunal agreed that the pay NRP received and payslips shown (May-July 2012) did not accruately reflect normal amount of earnings. Through the…
CSA - Receive less?
Hi is it true that if you go through the CSA for maintenance they take a cut so the non resident parent pays more but the resident parent receives less than if they were paid privately at the going rate?
Paperwork re Means To Pay
Can anyone point me to further information or possibly online copies of the paperwork issued by CSA requesting Means To Pay details please? My case has now been passed to the Legal Enforcement team to progress to Liability Order. The lady who called me advised they would be sending a form to the NRP requesting Means To Pay…
Change of circumstances / getting them to answer my questions!!!
Hi, just have two questions regarding CSA: 1. May daughter was living with her adult sister and I was paying csa to her. In December my daughter went back to living with her mum (which I didn't know about). In February I get a letter of CSA telling me that from December I should have been paying CSa to my ex instead of me…
trying to cancel DEO
Short and sweet but, after 5 years of no contact at all with my ex (suits me fine), he has started messaging me regarding the CSA. First one said he was going to be paid monthly so could i cancel CSA involvement and him pay me direct. Knowing him like i do i smelt something fishy. As usual i ignored the message. Then, last…
Child Support sticky
CSA acronyms Child Support USEFUL LINKS Voluntary Payments - please read
For a friend...
Hi, Been speaking to an ex of mine just recently. We do NOT have kids together i must add :-). She didn't go into much detail but she was telling me about her split from her partner. I know him from years ago. He went out with her after me i must add but all this was 20 yrs ago. They have two kids together. What she said…
Can someone please explain this?
Woman on the phone was useless and made no sense. 2012 scheme Ex has to pay £104.63 a month/£24.06 a month (we'll see about that,he couldn't afford what he has/does on the given income) I have a schedule for payments for a year 20/2/14 - 20/1/15 giving those payments. The liability started on 21st December. Calculation…
Parliamentary Ombudsman Case
I am anxiously awaiting a report from the Parliamentary Ombudsman re CSA and HMRC (combined). The other party claimed to be the PWC, and the ‘right to be believed’ was adhered to in the extreme,. He was not the PWC and their collective actions lost me my right to a years child support, (until child outgrew CSA remit) a…
Tax credits and child maintenance question
Hi All, Yes, I'm a newbie and I have trawled the threads to find an answer but can't. Perhaps someone could either point me in the right direction or might take a bit of time to help me. I'll begin.... my son used to live with me but now lives with his father. Since then I married and had a child. I work part time and have…
Csa back payments
Hi all long time reader first time poster an all. I have a question regarding back payments to the child support agency. My brief story goes a little something like this..... Somewhere between Febuary and May 2013 Recieved an unexpected phone call from csa asking for bank details and to set up a direct debit in order to…
Please help, after 10yrs am at wits end
Hi, I posted this on the consumer forums but have had no reply so thought I'd ask here aswell... so in a nutshell, I am helping my husband deal with the csa and have been for the past 10 yrs. We desperately need someone who knows about such things to advise on what to do as now they are seeking a final charging order on…
CSA1 and benefits
If a NRP is on benefits on CSA1 do they pay a flat rate of £5? Or are they nil assessed They have shared care for 1 night a week, although I read on CSA1 shared care reduced rates only qualify after 104 nights per year
CSA questions
My new partner and I are hoping to move in with each other. He has two children one in full education yr9 and another reportly at collage but however he works at least 16 hours a week. Does he still need to pay csa for the child who is working? How can we prove he works. also will his csa be worked out on his and mine…
CSA Direct Debit confusion
I have in the last month set up a DD to pay my child maintenance. This was supposed to go out last week but, one week down the line, the money is still in the account. I checked the confirmation from the CSA and the account and sort code are correct, and there is a reference to validate the creation of the DD. This is the…
NRP not reporting new job and income
Hi, My ex went into a new job around end of 2011 but didn't tell CSA. When he had a new child, he reported to CSA that he had a new job and lower salary and as he had another child, the maintenance dropped considerably. He submitted payslips to CSA which shows the low amount. I did a research and believed he would be…

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