Child Maintenance (CSA) questions (merged)

gotobed

PRC - do they have an obligation to inform CSA or other Government department's that s/he is no longer eligible for CSA seeing as son has left home and working away. DOES THE MOTHER , in my case, HAVE ANY LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM THE CSA. The money is still going out of NRP wage everymonth - how do I know that it is going to her. If it is and she is accepting it, what could be the legal come back on her for accepting the money for 12 months plus?

Many thanks

manxman104

Hi,

I am at the end of a 2 year plus battle via the CSA and I was wondering if anybody could confirm if this was correct.

The father receives,
A Service Disablity Pension,
A Dss benefit,
A Dss Mobility Car

and is working.

Due to the fact that he receives a DSS benefit, then his child support maintenace is limited to just £5.00 a week, regardless of his income ?

Is it correct that a man could have an income of say £400, £500 , or higher and still only legally have to pay the £5.00 a week ?

I have contacted CAB today , but would welcome the input of anybody else who may have been in a similar situation.

Thanks for reading

Keith H

Zara33

manxman104 wrote:

Hi,

I am at the end of a 2 year plus battle via the CSA and I was wondering if anybody could confirm if this was correct.

The father receives,
A Service Disablity Pension,
A Dss benefit,
A Dss Mobility Car

and is working.

Due to the fact that he receives a DSS benefit, then his child support maintenace is limited to just £5.00 a week, regardless of his income ?

Is it correct that a man could have an income of say £400, £500 , or higher and still only legally have to pay the £5.00 a week ?

I have contacted CAB today , but would welcome the input of anybody else who may have been in a similar situation.

Thanks for reading

Keith H

All the disabilty benefits are there to ensure the disabled person gets the need they require. If a NRP is on benefits then generally they will only have to pay £5.00 per week.

Sensemaya

gotobed wrote:

I presume that the PRC isn't claiming child benefit. I'm wondering whther she has a responsibility to inform CSA if she no longer is elibible for CSA itself. She is taking NRP's CSA money, though the son is earning more than the dad and he doesn't live at home.

If you are only dealing with your caseworker you will probably have no joy.
Speak with a complaints resolution officer. Take their name and direct phone number. Also involve your MP. Their assistant can phone a parliamentary hotline number.

The child benefit should have been stopped as the son is working full time.

Edit: sorry. Posted in wrong thread.

Zara33

Do you know for sure the PWC is actually no longer eligible for CSA?
As said in another thread the CSA payments stop when child benefit stops, perhaps phone the CSA and child benefit office

howdumbarewe!

Jet wrote:

The thing is, I read these threads and I know people who have ex partners who are PAYE and yet the CSA still fail to collect, so what chance have I got?

Hi Jet
The Csa will still be able to do an assessment but the likely hood of it being a realistic one is highly unlikely!! I went through all of this years ago. My ex was just about to have money taken from his wages when he so say left his job. What he really did was stay doing exactly the same job at the same place but just went self-employed. His best mate was also his boss!!!
After 6 years I am still waiting! I did get a small payment which was from a charge which was put on his house near the begining of the case and when he sold his house he had to pay. (Not sure why they didn't carry on putting charges on his house for the other amounts which were adding up but who knows how the csa work).
Even with a warrant out for his arrest I am still having no luck as the court in Gloucester is on of only a few in the country who will not action warrants as they say the CSA do not pay them enough to do so. (Can't see the point in a court issuing a warrant if they are unwilling to action it).
After 6 years I have receiving hardly anything and nothing for 4 years.
My point is don't hold your breath!
Having said this perhaps you could tell your ex that you are going to go to the CSA but you wanted to give him a chance to pay maintenance himself and perhaps you could come to some sort of arrangement. Tell him that you are finding it difficult to provide all of the things which your son needs and would he help. Perhaps if he doesn't want to pay you maintenance he may buy your son clothes, shoes, etc on a regular basis then he will be supporting him and also your son will still have a relationship with his father.
Hope this was of use to you!

Sensemaya

Not sure why they didn't carry on putting charges on his house for the other amounts which were adding up but who knows how the csa work.

I'm not sure either. Have you taken this up via your MP? I would consider going to the parliamentary ombudsman about this.

Even with a warrant out for his arrest I am still having no luck as the court in Gloucester is on of only a few in the country who will not action warrants as they say the CSA do not pay them enough to do so. (Can't see the point in a court issuing a warrant if they are unwilling to action it).

WHAT???? The CSA will have to pay the standard court fees anyway, just like they do for a liability order. The fees are then added on to the arrears. Have you got this confirmed by the court or is this the CSA talking?

EDIT: I was told that given the NRP is self employed there is little point in sending them to jail, because, although the arrears remain there on paper they are deemed uncollectable...UNLESS...the NRP becomes salaried later on. And the NRP is not going to do that!

**Patty**

She has a moral responsibility but there are no legal penalties for her, if she doesn't inform the CSA.

Another gem, is that should your husband be able to recover his payements......it actually comes out of the taxpayers pot. The CSA don't recover it from the mother

Try asking for a review....tell the CSA that you believe there has been a change of circumstance & the child is now working.

Sensemaya

COCs can take forever. MP is the way forward.The CSA will take more notice.

gotobed

The child for whom, the CSA has been claimed is in the army earning a sizeable amount of money. The money is still going out of the wage packet. i cannot believe that the PRC is still eligible as the son isn't with her and lives independently. If the CSA automatically stops along with the child benefit then where has all the money for the last year plus gone? How does this system work?

PLEASE HELP