NRP - csa1 to csa2

73bugz

Hi

Will i ever get moved from the old csa system onto the new system? If not, is there a way for me to do something to be put onto the new system?

I have been paying child support directly to my ex for 7 years now and am currently £170 a month worse off. Currently i pay my ex £370 a month but on the new system the calculator works out payments at being £50 per week or £200 per month. Luckily i have never missed a payment to my ex so don't owe anything, but it looks as though i am going to start to be unable to meet these payments in full and fall into arrears.

I still have another 6 years of paying child support but financially this is crippling me and each month i fall deeper and deeper into debt. The CSA don't really seem to want to help in any way and any advice would be much appreciated.

Many Thanks

mitchaa

£50pw is actually £216.67pm (£50x52/12) so you are around £150pm worse off.

I have no idea how you can get the PWC to change.

kelloggs36

No unless the PWC closes the case and then reapplies after 13 weeks.

73bugz

Ok thankyou for the replies. I thought that was the case. I'll give up now, they have finally beaten me and i can't be bothered to fight it any more. 7 years of crap is too much for me.

For the first time in 18 years i will become jobless and sponge of the government then, at least i will be able to afford to pay what they say, even if it is only £6 a week. Play them at their own game i guess.

It's a corrupt system which punishes the people who try to abide by the rules. What a bag of shoite.

Zara33

Have another child and get the other mother to claim child support...you will eventually be transferred onto CSA2.

You might find there are certain rules that you will be breaking if you gone on the dole on purpose.

tamsin1982

73bugz wrote: »

It's a corrupt system which punishes the people who try to abide by the rules. What a bag of shoite.

so you punish your kid instead? and yourself, 7yrs bein out of work for no reason will drive you insane!

Blob

It is said to be a political decision as to just when you are moved over, so if you can find one that has a shread of integerity you have a chance but other wise you like me are stuffed.

The company that I work for is on the verg of collaps or so it would seem. I would be able to walk into a new job the day after, however I am with you, to hell with it why should I fight for more years when I would be better off on the Social. My kids are not going to suffer as they are taken care of financially, it would just be my ex that would not get the money that she currently gets.

The system is encouraging people to take this attitude and will have to answer, as it, in the actions that it takes only creates problems that never existed before. Just goes back to the politicians as if your ex is on benifit then you are expected to pick up the bill for not only your kids but also other peoples kids, I think not!

tamsin1982

lets all quit our jobs an get the tax payers with no kids to foot the bill!
this should all be about your children, not about making sure the pwc doesnt get thier grubby little hands on your money!!

before I had my son I worked full time an earnt twice as much as I get now and thats including maintainence i receive!
I didnt get a penny for the first 3.5yrs, had debts to pay and a child to provide for yet managed to adjust to the new amount of money I have to live off.
stop feeling bitter, get your head out of the sand and learn to prioritise your money!

sorry for the rant, I realise there are people genuinely getting a raw deal from the csa but i dont think this is a good way to deal with it!

catenorfolk

Why do people think that this money is purely for the PWC. Who pays for the electric, gas, clothes, (and by god kids grow so fast) school trips, school dinners or packed lunch, bedding hair cuts, and all the little and big extras. As a PWC i cant afford mortgage let alone holidays, cant afford to pay for a pension plan, cant afford new clothes, cant even really afford a car which i need to do the running around.Every little penny goes to bring up the kids In fact for most PWC's it is a struggle to balance the cost of living, along with the mortgage. It is unfortunate because it is a struggle for BOTH parties, but it is the KIDS that need to come first.

pd001

73bugz wrote: »

Ok thankyou for the replies. I thought that was the case. I'll give up now, they have finally beaten me and i can't be bothered to fight it any more. 7 years of crap is too much for me.

For the first time in 18 years i will become jobless and sponge of the government then, at least i will be able to afford to pay what they say, even if it is only £6 a week. Play them at their own game i guess.

It's a corrupt system which punishes the people who try to abide by the rules. What a bag of shoite.

Been there...thought about that!

I can fully understand your reasons.
Please take no notice whatsoever of the people on here who may chastise you. We are all different and we all cope in differing ways.

If you feel that you can cope with being unemployed then why not go for it?
Just make sure that you do not make yourself unemployed as if you do you will be unable to claim any form of state help for some considerable time. Companies are going bust all over the place and others are making people redundant.
Maybe you are about to be made redundant?
Think things through very carefully. Talk it through on here if you like but....like I said, be prepared to take grief from people on here who think that you are doing the wrong thing. You must do what is right for you.

For those of you who are about to post advising me that I should have said 'you must do what is right for you and your child/ren'......I didn't mean that at all

tamsin1982

do you think that the op will feel better sitting at home all day on his own with no money to do anything? and when he's no longer liable for maintainence in a few yrs, who will employ him? not to mention tha fact that he wont be able to stay on jobseekers that long!

life is what u make it, glass half full or glass half empty - you decide that just like choosing to try for a baby or having unprotected sex!