Child Maintenance (CSA) questions (merged)

kelloggs36

I wouldn't!! Did he claim benefits or something and claim for the children? I would take the matter to your MP along with your marriage certificate which proves that at least for some of the time they are wrong and must recalculate at the very least!! Don't drop it. Take it right to the very top.

sarah_hamilton_2

hi yes you are right i was working he said he was claiming tax credits to me at the time but it must off been income support or something he was not working and has a drink problem the kids dont see him he was also violent which is why we broke up we are now divorced thanks sarah

sheashea1

thesaint wrote: »

I would also like to add, if his ex partner does stop contact at anytime, please tell your brother to not be tempted to stop the payments.

This will reinforce the fact that they are seperate.

He is lucky to have a sister like you to advise him.:T

My partner has a now 11 year old son. I met him when he was 4. Since that time he has only been allowed to see his son when he paid cash. Things finally came to a head last year and my partner got parental responsibilty - can now get info from sch, doctors etc and he got a contact order so where as the mother could decide at a whim that he could not see him on 'his' weekend, the contact order sorts all that out. she was so difficult that every birthday and christmas is shared between both parents!

This took a year to get the orders but it was finally worth it. We can plan trips etc. Yes definitely keep a record of all payments, when he took her to court she called in CSA claimed she never received maintenance - silly woman most was paid into her bank account. It's true that courts and CSA are separate BUT if you have a record that you have made financial contribution this can only help to show that her brother is a responsible parent.

HOW ABOUT HE BUY NAPPIES, FORMULA DIRECTLY AND KEEP RECEIPTS, WOULD HE FEEL BETTER THEN?

KingstonSally

hello all, I'm doing an article on child maintenance and its disadvantages/ unfairness for my Journalism Course and would appreciate your help, I think the best sort of reaserch is REAL people with real problems it would help me greatly if i could post a few q's and get some answers during the next week ???
Thanks
Sally

missylou_2

Millie wrote: »

Thanks everyone, i was intending to ring for advice and will do so but just wondered if anyone here who paid CSA could put my mind at rest.

I trust the posters word here more than the CSA..lol

Thanks all for your help.

Hi,

I found myself in exactly your position just over two years ago, however owing to all previous unfortunateinteractions with this at best inept agency I decided not to inform them of my change of personal details. This has worked out fantastically and there has been no real change in our relationship as they still provide my child with no money for any aspect of his upkeep!

Please bear in mind though that Child Benefit also falls under the DWP umbrella alongside the CSA, so I simply have this money paid into an account where I have not ammended my personal details.

russjp

StockportGerbil wrote: »

Hi!
You do need to have a chat with the CAB sooner rather than later, but I think the CSA are right. They are solely interested in your income, what you have paid in maintainance for your child and how many nights a week you have her FROM THE POINT IN TIME YOU WERE REPORTED TO THEM. So up-front payments and previous agreements are ignored. Sorry. As your assessment is under the new scheme then the CSA will expect you to pay 15% of your take home income minus any additional pension contributions outside a works scheme. This contribution will drop by a seventh for each night per week you have your daughter.

When dealing with the CSA it is essential to keep copies of all correspondance as they have (in my experience and that of my partner) a well earned reputation for incompetence, which is always blamed on the computer. Similarly check the figures they use to calculate the maintainance.

Good luck

Kevin

They only take previous payments into account if you can prove you have made them.My arrears were going to work out horrendous but i had a receipt book full of signatures from my ex to prove she`d had the cash

Beverley

StockportGerbil wrote: »

When dealing with the CSA it is essential to keep copies of all correspondance as they have (in my experience and that of my partner) a well earned reputation for incompetence, which is always blamed on the computer. Similarly check the figures they use to calculate the maintainance.

Good luck

Kevin

Fortunately, I kept copies of everything as they had managed to 'lose' almost all of the correspondance from me, and my MP.

I was able to photocopy it all and supply them again - as well as copies of their own letters of which they had no record!

It's just as well as the onus was on me to prove that I realy did apply for maintenance under the new rules last August - it seems that their computer (I really do think they should get a new one!) prevented my case from being opened. This was because of arrears on my previous case which was under the old rules.

They now accept this and although my ex is only liable for maintenance from a couple of weeks ago when the CSA finally got their act together and sent out an MEF, it appears that I should be entitled to a compensatory payment.

Of course, I now face the wait for my ex to reply - and the payments to finally begin to trickle in.

If I hadn't kept records, I'd have lost any chance of claiming what is rightfully mine.

Beverley

shellymanc

Hi Could anyone give me advice plz ? My Daughters father had to pay maintence after 2 years or so of the CSA chacing him ! That only lasted about a year then it stopped , I was informed he had moved to France so I contacted the CSA told them and they said they would have to close it as they couldnt touch him being in France and that was that not heard nothing since , My Daughter is now 11 is there anything I can do or not?
Thanks x

Mr_Green_Genes

shellymanc wrote: »

Hi Could anyone give me advice plz ? My Daughters father had to pay maintence after 2 years or so of the CSA chacing him ! That only lasted about a year then it stopped , I was informed he had moved to France so I contacted the CSA told them and they said they would have to close it as they couldnt touch him being in France and that was that not heard nothing since , My Daughter is now 11 is there anything I can do or not?
Thanks x

The CSA are correct for once - they have no jurisdiction in your case. You need REMO - Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders to sort your case out. The details are in the Useful Links thread at the top of the page but, in short, you will have to go to a Court to get a maintenance order and then ask them to enforce it via REMO. I don't how easy this is, or how long it takes, I'm afraid.

Note that whilst this will work for a NRP who lives in France (and a fair few other countries) it won't work everywhere.

shellymanc

Hi Thanks for the Advice ! Prob best just leaving it now after this long x

Mr_Green_Genes wrote: »

The CSA are correct for once - they have no jurisdiction in your case. You need REMO - Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders to sort your case out. The details are in the Useful Links thread at the top of the page but, in short, you will have to go to a Court to get a maintenance order and then ask them to enforce it via REMO. I don't how easy this is, or how long it takes, I'm afraid.

Note that whilst this will work for a NRP who lives in France (and a fair few other countries) it won't work everywhere.