Child Maintenance (CSA) questions (merged)

350chev

has anyone transferred from the "old " CSA assessment scheme to the new scheme. I pay £450/month for 1 child to the CSA under the old system. However according to the calculator on their website I should be paying £220/month under the new scheme.
I have spoken to the CSA rearding this but may as well have discussed it with a fence post. Anyone got any suggestions how to take this further as these payments are crippling me

Beverley

350chev wrote: »

has anyone transferred from the "old " CSA assessment scheme to the new scheme. I pay £450/month for 1 child to the CSA under the old system. However according to the calculator on their website I should be paying £220/month under the new scheme.
I have spoken to the CSA rearding this but may as well have discussed it with a fence post. Anyone got any suggestions how to take this further as these payments are crippling me

I'm the parent with care and I transferred (or rather, I tried to transfer, last year). He was using a high rent to get his payments massively reduced under the old rules.

It went in my ex-husband's favour inasmuch as the CSA mucked things up and took 11.5 months to issue an enquiry form to him. Eventually they got theoir act together and recently paid me over £2k in compensation for their !!!!-up and my new award is a a similar amount to the one he was paying originally. And he hasn't paid the new amount yet so it's looking likely that they'll have to issue an attachment of earnings.

It's not been without its hassles. You cannot simply close down an old case and open a new one under the new rules. There must be a gap of 13 weeks between the 2 claims - but it might be different if the parent without care requests an assessment under the new rules.

My saving grace was that I put everything in writing and kept careful records - they lost everything twice! - so it was good that I'd been organised.

Call them to request your case be assessed under the new rules - then follow it up with a letter reiterating your request. Keep all correspondance.

Give them 2 weeks to respond to each piece of correspondance and then contact them again. Don't let it drag on.

Best of luck

Beverley

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kelloggs36

No this was scrapped years ago!

sigur

Quick question:

If an NRP is on CSA1 and has another child (with the case going via CSA) will both cases transfer to the new scheme ?

Also would payments be split between the two seperate PWC ?

magicmog

what idiot invented the child support agency, they need their brains checking.
it will be 15 years in april this year, and i have received one payment from my ex-husband for my two children.
the csa just dont want to know, and have had my case passed round the country, no compensation.
i have had two ice cases, and still got no where.
hopefully my children will receive some payments before they get married and have kids themselves

Sarahsaver

I got a copy of my WHOLE file last week, you are entitled to one under the data protection act.
I have been ill so i have not felt up to going through it all properly, but it throws up some interesting things...
The ex several times said he had 'shared care' and the CSA never thought to check this with me
There is a payments schedule in there and it goes up to the present day. I don't think I have had anything since 2004 :eek:
Will I get money from them which they think they had paid me but in fact had not???

danijenner

Good lord I am a little worried. Im due to be induced tomorrow, and whilst the father is forthcoming so far (well, with talking and texting) after reading the last few pages of this I am concerned he isnt going to be made to pay.

He isnt the type to not pay, but then Im sure that may have been the case for some of you too.

I thought going through the csa, would 'cover me' so to speak in case he defaulted. Is this not really the case? Would I be better going through my solicitor?

Sarahsaver

I think they are more likely to chase the NRP if the PWC is on benefits.
sorry bout the jargon they sent me a HUGe list of all the abbreviations and phrases they use on their files...:eek:

BTW good luck for tomorrow.

danijenner

Sarahsaver wrote: »

I think they are more likely to chase the NRP if the PWC is on benefits.
sorry bout the jargon they sent me a HUGe list of all the abbreviations and phrases they use on their files...:eek:

BTW good luck for tomorrow.

Lol, thats ok. I thought it was a fast process, Im intending to be off benefits and back to work within a few weeks, seems it may complicate my claim?

Thanks, Im 10 days over my due date. No wonder some women get post natal depression.

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