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just started a new csa case....
ex has called csa. she wanted more money, i paid her £42 a week due to my wage, csa did a wage review and now im paying her £41 a week.:rotfl: they worked out my wage at 281 but with shift allowance its 290 but this is not always gauranteed. so i think the figure should be £42. if they ask for wage slips will they backdate…
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Should I not bother?
Due to a recent residency change my ex is still claiming child benefit and child tax credits (because he is refusing to sign the form stating he no longer cares for the children).. which means in about 2-3 months I may actually start receiving both. He has the children 2 nights every fortnight (52 nights a year). He works…
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Do CSA take into account NRP outgoings per month.. bills/loans etc?
Hi looking for some advice. My wife and I separated a year ago and since then I have provided payments for the two kids. We agreed on a set ammount so it didnt have to go through CSA. I eventually bought a new house last month after staying with family since the separation. Last month they took two mortgage payments for…
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Non resident father advice needed
My daughter who is 18 has left school but may go back to study in sept. she is currently working and has also moved out from her mothers last week. I contacted the csa who contacted the mother but the mother has refused to stop the csa stating she is just staying with a friend. Csa advised me I have to speak to child…
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Missing payments, found after 10 years.
My daughters father paid relevant payments for 12 months in 2003-2004. I was never informed of this until Jan this year. After a few phone calls the payments are being sent out to me, very grateful for this but I am wondering as they have been sat in their bank for this long, haven't they generated interest and if so…
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Some advice on csa1 vs csa2
So my friend claims csa for her 2 children. She's on csa1. Her ex, for the past year has been doing constant change of circumstances every 3 months and payments have been reducing. He was paying £425 for years and now it's dropped to £160pm because his mortgage is £1000pm. The lady on the phone told her that it would be a…
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Court Action
I wonder if anyone can help please? My ex has had his bank account frozen by the CSA for non-payment. He is a tad upset. He has told our daughter that he will go to court over it (I believe he has 28 days to respond), but my question is does he have to pay to go to court, or is it just part of the process or if he can…
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Advice for a father please
Hello, Im finally at my wits end now and have no idea where to turn to. For 5 years I have been fighting through court to see my daughter. Her mother vanished a few times and eventually she decided to say I wasnt the father. After it taking nearly a year to do a DNA test, it was proved I was. So she then takes me to the…
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Csa and Jobseeker's Allowance
Can someone please tell me if a child covered by csa payments leaves college and claims Jobseeker's Allowance, do csa payments cease and would I need to inform csa child benefit to get the payments stop, or do these government departments interlink to let each other know
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Advice on CSA debt
Just recieved a letter from the CSA advising me that I owe nearly 2k in arrears from september 2012 till now but when I last spoke with them in september they advised that my ex wasnt pursuing the case and that the case was closed unless she contacted them again. I cant find this sort of money and I genuinely do not know…
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Refund from CSA?
Hi My husband had a child with his ex wife and paid alot of CSA over the years, never questioned it etc etc, even when they said he was in arrears and popped an attachment of earnings of about £20 a month on. However a few years ago his ex wife did a bunk and his son was taken in by his wifes family and they refused the…
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CSA1 and rules re savings
Hi can anyone advise on CSA1 rules please. We need to know whether any savings following the sale of house and downsizing will be used for CSA assessment purposes. IE Are any savings exempt from calculations? Thanks
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Help being forced onto direct debit
Anyone know if the CSA can make me goto direct debit....I been paying for years via standing order..they say I was in arrears I pointed out I wasn't and paid on time all the time...and where this arrears was...after talking to another person he said I wasn't in arrears which I knew and said everyone is being put on DD who…
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Can I bill the CSA for admin time.?
++ :D That's how I feel at times.!! I think that's only fair as I seem to be doing most of their work for them. They'd probably still have me down as a nil assessment if I hadn't let them know I'd started work.!! I've kept them informed about the changes in circumstances that I've had and still I'm going to be on the phone…
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Child Maintenance changes
DWP has today updated its reform plans for child maintenance. Upshot is.... * CSA cases with nil liability will be top priority for closure (they reckon circa 50K PWCs who currently get nothing will be entitled to payments in the new scheme). * Next the 'non compliant' cases with ongoing liability (presumably because these…
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are payments to csa in arrears or ahead
Can someone tell me ...when payments are made to csa...are the payments in arrears or do the payments put us ahead..confused
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Am I paying "too much" to her?
Situation is simple enough - 20 years married, 4 kids. Me and wifey are co-directors in a business.....that since we separated she has ceased to work for so I generate 100% of the income now. Currently - I rent and she chills at home ;) .....we both draw a div from our company of about 3-4k per month, each. For her that…
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csa rip off
ever since i split wife the ex wife ive paid maintenance and bought clothes for over four years this was fine but the last six months the clothes stopped returning back when i picked my child up from school so i have to go out and buy more clothes i dropped the maintenance so i could buy more clothes to replace the ones…
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csa and carers allowance - confused :(
Hi, my ex partner currently pays flat rate of £5 a week for our 2 children as he claims carers allowance for his dad. He has boasted on facebook that he has a job interview on Thursday and said that it was for between 16-30 hours a week. When on 16 hours at current nmw it is just under the £100 but in October when new nmw…
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Advice Needed
Hi All, Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated! My partner has two children with his ex and the CSA are trying to calculate (badly!) how much he needs to pay each week. We have no problem in paying what his ex is due to however he is on 'zero hours' contract at work which means he only works as and when required;…
