Please Help

debs1006

leighliz wrote: »

I'm also on the old system, csa1 and my ex owes almost 20,000. He is currently paying 125.00 per month, which will take him years to pay off, so wouldn't worry too much about the 2 year deadline, they cannot enforce it, believe me i've tried to make them and it just doesn't work. Hope that helps

There doesnt seem to be any system. My ex hasgiven up work and so i get £5.00 per week straight from benefits plus £1.00 per week towards the £7,000.00 arrears. This apparently will continue until all paid off regardless of the children by then will have left home!!! He put car in his girlfriends name so has no official collateral still manages to live quite well tho. Seems wrong when some dads are doing their best and still being persecuted yet those that cant be bothered get away with it.

tigstheterror

blimey40 wrote: »

I'm going through this. In hindsight, I have should done this earlier, as in the first series of letters they tend to include pre 2000. My advice would be to send a recorded delivery letter to them and ask for a break down in writing. 9 times of 10 its wrong..............
Ask for a complete breakdown and a clerical assessment.

Yes, they want it paid within 2 years, but its a government guideline and not law. I'd suggest if you are in this predicament, pay something as no way can they prosecute. ( they may try, but the courts will see you trying and even though the CSA might appeal).......................................................
I would suggest not paying anything more than they are taking already until you have proof that figures are correct first, you are already paying something thats enough.

Once you don;t reply, they will have to seek a liability order, then somehow they will remember to re-calculate and provide a lesser total before the courts. This is the point where is gets tricky, as the courts will get 8% extra a year on any arrears and are hell bent on agreeing with the CSA . Actually the governement provide no alternative for the courts and it will be granted.................................................
You can actually fight a LO in court, please don't be fooled thinking it's a done and dusted deal, it's not!!!!!!!!!!!. Where do you know that the courts are gaining 8% per year on L Orders? and that is why they are rubber stamping them? We know that the courts, magistrates and County, if in one town, are actually run for profit corporations and are on Dunn and Bradstreet, but i'd be interested in knowing where you know this snippet of info!

30 days later you will receive a letter from the court confirming the liability order.

7 days after this you will get a letter from the baliff giving you 5 days to pay. One will be hand delivered the other posted. Within another 5 days they will visit, don't open the door to them. They may come back again one more time or they may send back to the CSA with basically "not at this address"...................................
Not strictly true, some bailiffs offer a longer time,how sweet,but they have 42 days to obtain the payment before they have deemed as failed and they have to return the "debt" to the CSA.

ITS important to get things sorted with the CSA as early as possible. In other words, they have you by the proverbials. More legislation coming this year will give them greater powers. Its one of biggest disgraces in this country.............................
No they don't, not necessarily!!! this scares people into thinking nothing can be done, and things can be doen!!!!!!

By the way, YES the NRP#s you deliberately swerve paying deserve it, but the system focuses on the negative and presumes all fathers are the same.

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Agree if what you are saying is the CSA and all it's staff are biased from the get go!!!
Tigs x

clarke01

Thanks for your advice, we had also rang a solicitor who told us to send a letter of complaint to our MP, which my husband has done but in the mean time he has had another call from the CSA who basically has said that the payment we paid which was £30 and we have that agreement in writing is only valid for 6 months and she doesnt care that we cant afford alot more, my husband offered to repay £100, she said they wont accept that we have got to pay atleast 178.00 or they will stop it out of his wages anyway and the only way we can stop that is by going to the magistrats, my husbands job would be under pressure if he starts getting court orders and stuff put against him. He is going to ring the CRO as you suggested and see what they say.
The thing that bugs me about this, is that you have no-one to go to, to help they seem to be a law unto themselves are her attutude stank he told her that the arrears was their fault in the 1st place and she just said dont care thats not them anymore but the previous owners.!!!!!

pd001

clarke01 wrote: »

Thanks for your advice, we had also rang a solicitor who told us to send a letter of complaint to our MP, which my husband has done but in the mean time he has had another call from the CSA who basically has said that the payment we paid which was £30 and we have that agreement in writing is only valid for 6 months and she doesnt care that we cant afford alot more, my husband offered to repay £100, she said they wont accept that we have got to pay atleast 178.00 or they will stop it out of his wages anyway and the only way we can stop that is by going to the magistrats, my husbands job would be under pressure if he starts getting court orders and stuff put against him. He is going to ring the CRO as you suggested and see what they say.
The thing that bugs me about this, is that you have no-one to go to, to help they seem to be a law unto themselves are her attutude stank he told her that the arrears was their fault in the 1st place and she just said dont care thats not them anymore but the previous owners.!!!!!

They are not bothered about your job and they certainly do not care if you lose it. It simply isn't their problem.