Child Maintenance (CSA) questions (merged)

robwend

you would be very lucky if the csa sent you anythin in writing!!

fabianne

Hi all
I have 2 kids aged 16 and 13
My son has been with me full time since March 2006 after a fall out with his Dad,my daughter visits her dad alternate weekends plus 1 night a week.
My ex pays the bare minimum of maintenance and this has been going on for years.He MUST be disguising his income through the family firm-as they are expanding into a bigger company yet he has had no wage increase for 6 years?Do me a favour? He has remarried,his new wife had given up work to look after the baby,they have a new house extension,new cars,hols abroad.

I have been on to the CSA and complained and have now appealed.The 1st one was for a new assessment and they advised that if I could not prove if he was earning additional income I had to drop the appeal-Well how can you prove THAT? So had no choice.
The 2nd I am still waiting to hear about and this is for Inconsistency of Lifestyle-can anyone offer any advice on how to get this one moving please??

I am not a money grabber and work very hard to support my kids,with little financial help of their dad,they get more expensive as they get older too.The income/situation of the parent with care should be taken into consideration in certain cases.
Why should one parent struggle hard and other to be permitted to further punish financially? He will not pay extra towards uniforms,glasses,shoes-NOTHING!
My ex once told my Mum that he wouldn't be happy till he saw me in the gutter,he fought to take the kids from me when we divorced through his own bitterness,he is a nasty person and I will never let him succeed or his kids suffer.

Jet

fabianne wrote:

Hi all
I have 2 kids aged 16 and 13
My son has been with me full time since March 2006 after a fall out with his Dad,my daughter visits her dad alternate weekends plus 1 night a week.
My ex pays the bare minimum of maintenance and this has been going on for years.He MUST be disguising his income through the family firm-as they are expanding into a bigger company yet he has had no wage increase for 6 years?Do me a favour? He has remarried,his new wife had given up work to look after the baby,they have a new house extension,new cars,hols abroad.

I have been on to the CSA and complained and have now appealed.The 1st one was for a new assessment and they advised that if I could not prove if he was earning additional income I had to drop the appeal-Well how can you prove THAT? So had no choice.
The 2nd I am still waiting to hear about and this is for Inconsistency of Lifestyle-can anyone offer any advice on how to get this one moving please??

I am not a money grabber and work very hard to support my kids,with little financial help of their dad,they get more expensive as they get older too.The income/situation of the parent with care should be taken into consideration in certain cases.
Why should one parent struggle hard and other to be permitted to further punish financially? He will not pay extra towards uniforms,glasses,shoes-NOTHING!
My ex once told my Mum that he wouldn't be happy till he saw me in the gutter,he fought to take the kids from me when we divorced through his own bitterness,he is a nasty person and I will never let him succeed or his kids suffer.

Out of interest - can I ask how much he pays and how much he claims to earn?

fabianne

He used to pay £121 which was £15 per week per child and this was in place for years.
Now with my son not seeing him he pays £204 per month.
There is a shared residence Court Order in place and he has half the school holidays and used to have 3 weekends out of 4 when they were younger(agreed at Court when I was under severe stress about losing my kids-BIG mistake!)
Now after going back to Court last year he has alternate weekends and 1 night in the week,which my daughter still does,but my son stopped in March.This arrangement works out at 8 nights per month that they go there and the rest of the time with me-apart from shared holidays.
The CSA have said it is "highly suspicious" that his earnings have not changed apart from a minor increase in the past 6 years.I only know what he was on when I left and it does not seem to have changed much (around 26K 7 years ago)I complained as the firm is now a fast growing construction company building designer apartments on land bought for a few million etc on a large scale.
I also know what was planned for him to buy into the business and just know he is hiding income.I am sure that as soon as he has no more financial responsibility for his kids,he will become a partner in the firm.
I struggle with his pittance and wish I was in the position to throw it in their bank account to save for Uni(that'll be the next battle I just know it)or driving lessons...or simply to tell him to shove it somewhere painful would be better!!!
My kids are strong,healthy,well balanced and eat well-they have everything they need and I am proud that I provide for them.It has brought me to the place I am now(in serious debt)but I have done my best.I have never stopped them from seeing their father.
Anyone know how to make the CSA sit up and take notice?People working for family businesses(who's father is a retired tax specialist)know how to play it,I see it as fraud on many levels-there is a loophole within the CSA that we suffer from and they admit it is there.
The CSA confirm that when he tells me he has no further financial responsibility to the children,he is correct-so what about the moral responsibility? Would he deny his new baby her nappies-as they are a neccessity? So why does he refuse to pay half towards his teenage daughter's (straight A student) glasses-that that she needs to see the blackboard with at school-I see that as the same kind of neccessity.Or the coat that keeps his son warm or the trainers for PE or school shoes etc-
She got her new specs-I bought them-put me further into debt.
Shared residency should equal shared financial responsibility and parents should be able to take the matter to Court-not let a Gov agency deal with it as each case is so different.
Rant over..... sorry,it's just unfair.

iluvfreebies

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

Under the new legislation the NRP receives a deduction for any relevant other children he has in his household. As a result any Child Tax Credit payable for these children is included as income regardless of which parent it is payable to. However any Working tax credit payments made to the nrp's partner is not considered as income for CSA purposes. If the NRP receives working tax credit this is included as income - Just to advise that the CSA have access to the tax credit system so omiting to tell them of any award could result in prosecution for failure to supply information.

hope this helps

Scarlett1

fabianne wrote:

He used to pay £121 which was £15 per week per child and this was in place for years.
Now with my son not seeing him he pays £204 per month.
There is a shared residence Court Order in place and he has half the school holidays and used to have 3 weekends out of 4 when they were younger(agreed at Court when I was under severe stress about losing my kids-BIG mistake!)
Now after going back to Court last year he has alternate weekends and 1 night in the week,which my daughter still does,but my son stopped in March.This arrangement works out at 8 nights per month that they go there and the rest of the time with me-apart from shared holidays.
The CSA have said it is "highly suspicious" that his earnings have not changed apart from a minor increase in the past 6 years.I only know what he was on when I left and it does not seem to have changed much (around 26K 7 years ago)I complained as the firm is now a fast growing construction company building designer apartments on land bought for a few million etc on a large scale.
I also know what was planned for him to buy into the business and just know he is hiding income.I am sure that as soon as he has no more financial responsibility for his kids,he will become a partner in the firm.
I struggle with his pittance and wish I was in the position to throw it in their bank account to save for Uni(that'll be the next battle I just know it)or driving lessons...or simply to tell him to shove it somewhere painful would be better!!!
My kids are strong,healthy,well balanced and eat well-they have everything they need and I am proud that I provide for them.It has brought me to the place I am now(in serious debt)but I have done my best.I have never stopped them from seeing their father.
Anyone know how to make the CSA sit up and take notice?People working for family businesses(who's father is a retired tax specialist)know how to play it,I see it as fraud on many levels-there is a loophole within the CSA that we suffer from and they admit it is there.
The CSA confirm that when he tells me he has no further financial responsibility to the children,he is correct-so what about the moral responsibility? Would he deny his new baby her nappies-as they are a neccessity? So why does he refuse to pay half towards his teenage daughter's (straight A student) glasses-that that she needs to see the blackboard with at school-I see that as the same kind of neccessity.Or the coat that keeps his son warm or the trainers for PE or school shoes etc-
She got her new specs-I bought them-put me further into debt.
Shared residency should equal shared financial responsibility and parents should be able to take the matter to Court-not let a Gov agency deal with it as each case is so different.
Rant over..... sorry,it's just unfair.

not that it is relevant but did you leave your ex ? cause this sounds like a guy who is thinking well you left the marriage so you put yourself in this position, you cant force a man to take responsibility if he dont want to, and it will be down to you to have solid evidence that your ex is earning a lot more than what he says he for the CSA to take action.

Wayne.D.J

Hi My Ex wife has a son from a previous relationship. We split up last year and I want to know will I end up paying CSA? I never adopted him or entered into Parental responsibility that I can remember. Only thing we did was change his surname to Jones after we married.

Thanks

Scarlett1

Wayne.D.J wrote:

Hi My Ex wife has a son from a previous relationship. We split up last year and I want to know will I end up paying CSA? I never adopted him or entered into Parental responsibility that I can remember. Only thing we did was change his surname to Jones after we married.

Thanks

no he isnt your biological child

Wayne.D.J

Scarlett1 wrote:

no he isnt your biological child

Ive been watching this post waiting for a reply............ Thanks!!

So there is no way I'll have to cough up each week/month if the situation turns nasty?

Scarlett1

Wayne.D.J wrote:

Ive been watching this post waiting for a reply............ Thanks!!

So there is no way I'll have to cough up each week/month if the situation turns nasty?

no you dont have to pay maintenace for the child or the ex wife, but as you were married she could be entitled to some of your assets which you probably know anyway