Child Maintenance (CSA) questions (merged)

Tallymanjohn

If they pay you back a decent lump sum, put it on deposit somewhere to at least earn some interest out of it until you're sure they won't try & snatch it back.

rchddap1

I'd also be tempted to put your normal payments into this same account so if they do change their mind it is all there.

pandas66

a friend had a similar phonecall a few years ago, I advised him to still deposit the same into an account. It turned out the phrase 'the left hand doesn't know what the right hand was doing' is correct of the CSA. Till you get anything in writing I would assume it to be incorrect, sorry workers of the CSA.

asandwhen

pandas66 wrote:

a friend had a similar phonecall a few years ago, I advised him to still deposit the same into an account. It turned out the phrase 'the left hand doesn't know what the right hand was doing' is correct of the CSA. Till you get anything in writing I would assume it to be incorrect, sorry workers of the CSA.

what has happened with your friend? did he have to pay it back?
We have decided to put it in an account and still pay what we were paying and if the money hasnt been claimed by the time the children are 18 we will give it to them for uni/car/house.

pandas66

it all got reviewed (again) the amount changed in his case but not significantly so he then was in arrears but had the savings to use up. My advise to anyone is never to stop paying on a non traceable phone call, you need it in writing, always. Same as everything with the CSA, log all conversations, name dept and contact phone number.

hjb123

Are either you or your wife/partner on good terms or speak to her ex? If so maybe it could be brought up with him to see if he knows what is happening?

Either way I would get a seperate account for this money to go into until you know for sure what is happening.

swizzle_2

Hi

A bloke at work has rec`d a claim form from CSA- he asked me to post this question?

His ex wife has been paid through a court order for 10 years, can she now go to CSA?
Ex wife is not on any benefit.
They have asked if he has any children in his household-which he does- and asked what tax credit/child benefit his new partner recieves.Will the child tax credit/child benefit be used when calculating his income?

He was paying 400 a month for 2 children- but oldest now 19 and at uni- court order said 50% for each child so he told ex wife at beg of summer he would pay £200 for youngest and pay eldest £200 towards uni expenses. She was not happy with this and said she wanted £300 for youngest even if it ment he could only pay £100 to child at uni.

Since then she has been talking about kicking eldest out as she can`t afford to keep her!

Glad i`m not divorved.

Any ides?

Thanks

Jummy

swizzle wrote:

Hi

A bloke at work has rec`d a claim form from CSA- he asked me to post this question?

His ex wife has been paid through a court order for 10 years, can she now go to CSA?
Ex wife is not on any benefit.
They have asked if he has any children in his household-which he does- and asked what tax credit/child benefit his new partner recieves.Will the child tax credit/child benefit be used when calculating his income?

He was paying 400 a month for 2 children- but oldest now 19 and at uni- court order said 50% for each child so he told ex wife at beg of summer he would pay £200 for youngest and pay eldest £200 towards uni expenses. She was not happy with this and said she wanted £300 for youngest even if it ment he could only pay £100 to child at uni.

Since then she has been talking about kicking eldest out as she can`t afford to keep her!

Glad i`m not divorved.

Any ides?

Thanks

Yes they will take his partners child tax credits and any working tax crediits into account.
I receive more for child tax credits as i receive Disability living allowance for my son who is disabled.
They have used the whole amount i get in their calculations which really annoys me.

Scarlett1

swizzle wrote:

Hi

A bloke at work has rec`d a claim form from CSA- he asked me to post this question?

His ex wife has been paid through a court order for 10 years, can she now go to CSA?
Ex wife is not on any benefit.
They have asked if he has any children in his household-which he does- and asked what tax credit/child benefit his new partner recieves.Will the child tax credit/child benefit be used when calculating his income?

He was paying 400 a month for 2 children- but oldest now 19 and at uni- court order said 50% for each child so he told ex wife at beg of summer he would pay £200 for youngest and pay eldest £200 towards uni expenses. She was not happy with this and said she wanted £300 for youngest even if it ment he could only pay £100 to child at uni.

Since then she has been talking about kicking eldest out as she can`t afford to keep her!

Glad i`m not divorved.

Any ides?

Thanks

your friend can tell them about any children in the household as he will have a reduction in payments if he is providing for other children, he can refuse to tell them about his new partners income as it is nothing to do with the CSA or the ex wife

kelloggs36

Apparently, they ask for the tax credit income from the partner as it is deemed to be the income of the NRP regardless of who gets it. Apart from that, there is no requirement to disclose partner's income details as they are not used in the assessment like they used to be.

If the Court order is dated prior to April 1993 then the CSA can't get involved, but if it was after April 1993 then the CSA overrides any court order in respect of Child maintenance as it is their jurisdiction only unless they came to any private agreement (except benefit claimants). So, if court order was 1996, yes CSA will get involved if an application is made through them.