help i am confused! what will he get maintenance wise

angela_2107

Hi i hope someone can help me!
after 7 years of not getting any maintenance i have bit the bullet and applied to the csa (not applied previously due to possible ex's actions when they contact him ie violent etc)
I have givena s much info as i can in hope someone can help!

i live with my new partner and 2 children, 1 is mine from previous relationship, 1 is ours.

son1 s dad lives with new partner and they have 2 kids.

I know he works 25 hours a week in a care home, as does his partner 25hrs also they get tax credits of some kind. Looking at jobs locally the average hourly rate is about £6.35ph. He has told me if they work any more hours it isnt worth it due to the drop in tax credits

my partner earns a good incame 30k plus and i have just gone p/t so my earnings will be approx 8k.

my eldest son used to stay with his dad once a week but this has recently stopped so he doesnt stay at all now.

what £s would my son be entitled to? the money will go directly into an account for my son, but i just wanna know what he should be expecting? or what will they take into account? i do not wish to leave his new family short but he has never given my eldest a penny and he is now at the age of school trips, expensive clothes etc and i dont feel it is fair for my new partner to fund all this whilst his father gives nothing at all - harsh but true

Thnaks in advance

Caz3121

have a look on the CSA site but roughly

15% of (his net income minus 20% for the 2 children that live with him)
the only income that has any relevance is his (doesn't matter about yours, your partners or his partners)

so if £6.35 wage it would be about £17 per week (I think - need to work out what the net is as £6.35 will be gross)

angela_2107

the csa booklet i have talks about tax credits being taken into account??? is this correct?

I really dont want to take his kids tax credits off them as as i see it thate the kids money.

i would ideally like to sort it privately if this is the case but it would never work in a month of sundays

kelloggs36

They do take tax credits into account

tigstheterror

Tax Credits of his family income is taken into account as they class it as "income" so in effect the government give in one hand to the family then take it out in the other to pay for the children from a previous relationship, and no, in my opinion no child of a family should pay to support the child of another family, the responsibility lies with theparents respectively.
So in answer, yes, they will take a share of the Tax Credits. Although rumour has it that this is to be abolished under the new CMEC, but they always lie anyway!
Tigs x

kelloggs36

But it is swings and roundabouts because they get a discount for children who they have had since they split with the old.

LizzieS_2

tigstheterror wrote: »

So in answer, yes, they will take a share of the Tax Credits. Although rumour has it that this is to be abolished under the new CMEC

True, but the switch to gross pay and higher %'s will mean the majority have no change, for everyone else it will be the old csa1 v csa2 type of debate again.