old scheme csa info

billytsoul

Please can anyone help with these two questions;

1) where on the net can I find old scheme rules?- all the csa sites advertise old leaflets etc but when you open them they are blank

2)can anyone tell me how the old scheme covers still living in the same home for 10 months after divorce is filed for?How does that fall in the "nights with each parent" assessment?

kelloggs36

If both parents are living in the same household as the child then there is no NRP. Can you give more info?

billytsoul

my wife was not working after the birth of our second child-she filed for divorce,claimed income support,(said this was for her and the kids and not for bills)and we continued living in the marital home for 10 months until it sold.Even had a visit from csa at the house during-then got assessed for over £3,000 of arrears for this period.(even tho I paid my wife £80 cash each week on top of her IS)
this was in 2000 to 2001

Cozworth806

The rules on living apart in the same household are quite detailed, and basically look at household roles and who pays the combined bills, washing, food etc.
If your ex was awarded I.S when you were living in the same house then it is highly likely they looked at your circs and found you not to be a couple.
You could appeal that decision, I have had a previous case overturned due to the couple living together despite the PWC applying.

kelloggs36

Yes, even if IS decide that you weren't a couple, it doesn't mean that there is an NRP in the household so I would appeal if I were you.

ashington10

if income support decide that you are not a couple then you are a PWC and NRP situation - sorry.

Cozworth806

ashington10 wrote: »

if income support decide that you are not a couple then you are a PWC and NRP situation - sorry.

Sorry that is wrong, in the case I was involved with, the PWC had applied for IS and had been awarded, but the NRP supplied bank statements of the amounts that he was paying towards the household bills etc, and the case was overturned.
Whether IS look at the case for fraud is another matter but the claiming of IS doesn't overrule the investigation of whether there is a NRP, which if they are living in the same household (legal definition) there may not be.