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Travel costs and NRP?
Hi please be gentle with me as this is my first post. Who is responsible for covering travel costs for the NRP to see the children? Brief outline. I'm the resident parent and I moved 100 miles away, NRP wasn't seeing the children and hadn't for 5 years, his decision not mine. He started seeing them and travelling to my…
help re self employed nrp
hi I'm looking for some help on this please, my ex went self employed oct , in dec he was put on a default payment amount as he failed to provide earnings. no payment was made and in January he was able to prove his company was running at a loss so a nil assessment was back dated to oct. csa advised me to leave it until at…
Application for liability order
Afternoon all, Does anyone know what requirements have to be met in to enable the CSA to apply for a LO ? I am aware that ; 1-the assessment has to be complete 2-a schedule requesting payment from NRP must be sent 3- the NRP has to be given a certain amount of time to meet the timescales for payment 4- anything else ?????…
Appealing First Tear Tribunal
Hi, I have received a First Tier Tribunal Decision which agreed with me that NRP has been earning more than what he reported to CSA. The letter stated that I can appeal on arithmetical correctness. 1) Would that still mean appealing to the same Tribunal or would that mean Court of Appeal? 2) The arithmetic issue I have is…
CSA Overpayments
I was just wondering if anyone has ever been successful in claiming back overpayments from the CSA. My husbands son has just turned 19 and about 6 weeks before his birthday my OH contacted the CSA to find out whether the case would be closed as we were aware that he had left college earlier in the year. Over the next 3 or…
CSA Payments
Why does it take so long for the CSA to pay out to the PWC. First payment taken by DD on the 10th of this month but PWC been told she will not be recieving it until the end of november. Why do they do this does anyone know? Thanks
Selling Home To Clear Debts
Hi All, Please could you give me a little advice. I have decided i will have to sell my house to clear some large debts, i have no other way of raising the money, i will then move back in with my parents. I am a NRP im self employed and do pay for my child through the CSA. My question is, if after the sale of my house i am…
csa queery
Hi there its been a long time since i have been on here and just popped back on for a little advice. I had been paying my ex partner child support through the CSA a long while back. Then about six months ago she phoned them up to cancel the claim but i continued to pay her privately through a standing order. since i have…
CSA Back payments question.
Firstly apologies if this question has been posted/answered before I have been through the first few pages of threads without success. My question regards back payment of child support. An estranged couple with one child (12 yrs) have had a private arrangement in place for the last 11 years where the father pays the mother…
Child Benefit for higher earners
Hi all, was wondering if someone can help me. Until September, my partner earned £53k a year, but the amount he paid into his pension meant that we were still eligible for the full amount of Child Benefit and therefore continued to claim (we checked this was OK with HMRC). In September he was given an unexpected promotion,…
Csa claim closed by nrp
Hi everyone I'm new to this but could really do with some advice. I put a claim into the csa in March 2009, got an acknowledgment but then never heard anything else so I assumed I wasn't eligible. I have recently found out the case was closed without my knowledge or consent, as my ex told them we had a private arrangement,…
Can a partners income be used for CSA 2
hello everyone , I am a newbie member but would like to know a straight 100% correct answer to my question. Me and my husband have one child but my husband has a child to a previous ex. My husband pays maintenance under the csa 2 system based on his income only. My question is purely inquisitive but for my own knowledge I…
Deduction of Wages
Hi All, We seem to be having the same issues as a lot of people on here with the CSA so I will keep this brief! We are trying to get the payments sorted out and we would prefer if the payments could be taken from his wages directly but have been told by the CSA that they cannot do this and it has to be by Direct Debit. He…
CSA Questions
Hi, new poster here, I hope someone can answer a quick couple of questions that I have. I've recently split with my wife and she's turning the screw regarding me seeing my daughter and payments. I pay regularly and on time. Arguably more than she would get via the CSA. But she's smelling more money and is trying to make my…
CSA & Separation Agreement
Last year, my wife and I separated and are currently in the process of finalising our divorce proceedings. When we first split, we had a separation agreement drawn up by solicitors to cover transfer of house, childcare arrangements etc. It was stated that we would each pay 50% of the agreed childcare costs until such time…
Csa assessment
Hi all I am new to the forum and apologise in advance if this question has already been asked but I am worried that I'm going to be paying more than I earn. Me and my now ex spouce (July 13) currently sorting divorce proceedings out. We have 2 children 1 of 13 and the other 6. I have Been refused contact with them from ex…
Self-employed NRP
We have 2 children together (one nearly 6 and one 3)which he fails to see hardly at all and doesn't contribute financially towards them either. He is now self-employed which he told me via a text working 16 hours a week, minimum wage. (He ' works' at one garage but whether this is cash in hand or he's renting part of…
Can a case be 're-opened' in this example?
Hi, I have been paying child support for the last 11 years, never missed a payment, so no arrears. 3 or 4 months ago my daughter left home to live with her boyfriend and left collage in July 2013. My case was closed with the CSA at the beginning of September. A couple of weeks ago my daughter split with her boyfriend and…
can any csa worker or anyone advise please
hello, i think i may of asked this question before a while ago, i cant remember nor can i find but anyway we pay £40 a month csa, child in question is 16, shes pregnant due in February, she still lives with her mother we never see her ( another story), apparently enrolled at college, but never went to school, her mother…
severe disability premium please help
Hello ive currently recieved the severe disability premium for some years Im a lone parent with a child at 16 and a half.please can anyone help with advice if i can keep the premium until 18 ? My daughter is not working or anything Thankyou

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