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father owes £15,000- CSA cant find him
spearmintsorbet
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Hi all
Hope you can help. My partner's father left her mother with her (as a baby aged under 2 yrs) and they divorced. Following this he went AWOL, moving around the country, and has not paid any child support (she is now aged 19). The arrears up until the time she hit 18 comes to around £15,000.
I feel strongly she is entitled to this money and that her father must accept responsibility for his actions.
I did not know my partner when was younger, but she has records of frequent letters from the CSA. These all basically say that her entitlement is x amount at that time and they cannot locate her father. They ask her for her father's address. My partner has had no contact from her father since he left and is entirely estranged so of course she has no idea of his contact details!
She found out via some internet snooping what part of the country he was in (roughly) and has repeatedly told the CSA this. We have tried all the obvious routes (electoral register, phone book, internet searches etc) but cannot find any more info on him. The CSA continue to say they cannot locate her father. They do not seem to be trying very hard. at one point they found him and wrote to him, but he ignored their letters and attempts to get an appointment with him and moved away. They did nothing to prevent this.
What can we do? Is there any way to obtain the arrears?
Hope you can help. My partner's father left her mother with her (as a baby aged under 2 yrs) and they divorced. Following this he went AWOL, moving around the country, and has not paid any child support (she is now aged 19). The arrears up until the time she hit 18 comes to around £15,000.
I feel strongly she is entitled to this money and that her father must accept responsibility for his actions.
I did not know my partner when was younger, but she has records of frequent letters from the CSA. These all basically say that her entitlement is x amount at that time and they cannot locate her father. They ask her for her father's address. My partner has had no contact from her father since he left and is entirely estranged so of course she has no idea of his contact details!
She found out via some internet snooping what part of the country he was in (roughly) and has repeatedly told the CSA this. We have tried all the obvious routes (electoral register, phone book, internet searches etc) but cannot find any more info on him. The CSA continue to say they cannot locate her father. They do not seem to be trying very hard. at one point they found him and wrote to him, but he ignored their letters and attempts to get an appointment with him and moved away. They did nothing to prevent this.
What can we do? Is there any way to obtain the arrears?
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The CSA only have means to trace somebody who lives within the law ie who has credit, or who is liable for council tax and tax etc; if he is working cash in hand and lives by moving around there is less of a chance of pinning him down I'm afraid.0
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