What is evidence of a maintenance payment being made?

dizzydusty

Would a standing order from NRP to PWC, just showing PWC name as the reference, no ref to maintenance, childs name etc be evidence enough to satisfy CSA that maintenance had been paid for that month?

If the PWC disputes the payment isnt maintenance will the CSA ask the NRP for evidence of previous payments etc?

overthehills

Why would the PWC dispute it? Not a very nice thing to do is it?
I would imagine the standing order is enough evidence.

marksoton

Dizzydusty wrote: »

Would a standing order from NRP to PWC, just showing PWC name as the reference, no ref to maintenance, childs name etc be evidence enough to satisfy CSA that maintenance had been paid for that month?

If the PWC disputes the payment isnt maintenance will the CSA ask the NRP for evidence of previous payments etc?

No, because unless the the PWC agrees it is maintenance it could be classed as a gift.

In what context are you asking ? Proof of payment would only be needed if the CSA have already become involved.

Donedoingdebt

Agree with marksoton, this is not sufficient proof.
If you pay by standing order it must clearly be marked "Child maintenance paid to "PWC's name" for "Child's name".
Otherwise, these payments may well be classed as gifts & will not qualify towards any maintenance payments or any arrears that may have built up.
The CSA will ask for evidence in any payment dispute, & you have to make sure there is no room for mis-interpretation by either the PWC or the CSA.
Unfortunately, it is usually up to the NRP to prove they've paid & not the PWC to prove they haven't.
Make sure you keep a paper trail of everything if you feel this case may be heading towards the CSA.

pd001

Donedoingdebt wrote: »

Agree with marksoton, this is not sufficient proof.
If you pay by standing order it must clearly be marked "Child maintenance paid to "PWC's name" for "Child's name".
Otherwise, these payments may well be classed as gifts & will not qualify towards any maintenance payments or any arrears that may have built up.
The CSA will ask for evidence in any payment dispute, & you have to make sure there is no room for mis-interpretation by either the PWC or the CSA.
Unfortunately, it is usually up to the NRP to prove they've paid & not the PWC to prove they haven't.
Make sure you keep a paper trail of everything if you feel this case may be heading towards the CSA.

Totally agree with all of the above!

The following is how it should be done...please read it and more importantly act upon it.........................

Document all payments properly!
By that I mean you should make sure that there cannot be any misunderstanding what the payments are actually for in the future.

You should do more than just cross a cheque.....you should also
send a letter with each payment that you make, to the effect that the payment is specifically made to support your child (ren).


edit...You should name the child (ren) that the payment is for.
edit...The letter has to state that the money is for child maintenance and it must also stipulate for what period

Postal orders will suffice provided that you keep the stub, DO NOT LOSE THEM!
Ensure that it has the correct name in the payee section. Ensure that you cross the order or make sure that it is crossed when you buy it. If you dont cross it then it can be cashed and is much more difficult to trace in the future. Dont forget to send a letter with the postal order as I have specified above.....and again...very important indeed...
DO NOT make cash payments!

If you make payments through a bank, then I would advise that each time a payment is taken from your account, then you also send the letter as detailed above, to the PWC.

Keep copies of these letters, DO NOT LOSE THEM!
Make sure that each letter is dated with the same date that is on the cheque.
DO NOT make cash payments!


Thanks to kelloggs36 who posts on here for some of the above information