Asking for partners info

pinkpauline34

Hi all, I am on the old system, having been using the delights of the CSA for almost 9 years. I am a PWC with two children, one of whom is registered disabled so I am her full time carer. Their father lives down south, we live in Scotland - long story but there was domestic violence and courts ruled he was not permitted any form of direct contact with the children. We moved to Scotland 6 years ago and I got married 2 years ago.

There is a Deduction from Earnings Order in place and has been for many years. He frequently changes jobs so we go without maintenance for several months until they track him down again. To cut a long story short, I have received a letter from the CSA today saying they have been told my circumstances have changed and they are asking for info about our housing costs and details about my husband, his NI number and asking for his pay slips. He is not prepared to disclose this information to them and quite rightly so, I think. Are we within our rights to withold this information from them - after all, he is not the childrens' father so what does his income have to do with the CSA? We do not have any children together.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

kelloggs36

Your ex has applied for a departure on the grounds that your partner can contribute towards your housing costs so that his liability will reduce. You are within your rights to refuse to supply the info, but they can award any portion they like without knowing what his income is, so that your contribution is higher. If you have no income then it doesn't matter actually what the details are, as you will have a nil contribution anyway won't you?

pd001

pinkpauline34 wrote: »

Hi all, I am on the old system, having been using the delights of the CSA for almost 9 years. I am a PWC with two children, one of whom is registered disabled so I am her full time carer. Their father lives down south, we live in Scotland - long story but there was domestic violence and courts ruled he was not permitted any form of direct contact with the children. We moved to Scotland 6 years ago and I got married 2 years ago.

There is a Deduction from Earnings Order in place and has been for many years. He frequently changes jobs so we go without maintenance for several months until they track him down again. To cut a long story short, I have received a letter from the CSA today saying they have been told my circumstances have changed and they are asking for info about our housing costs and details about my husband, his NI number and asking for his pay slips. He is not prepared to disclose this information to them and quite rightly so, I think. Are we within our rights to withold this information from them - after all, he is not the childrens' father so what does his income have to do with the CSA? We do not have any children together.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

As Kelloggs36 says, no your partner does not have to give any information at all.

Basically, if the csa ask for any of your partners details and he doesn't want to give them, then he doesn't have to. There is nothing in law that says that you must give your partners details.

There are however some occasions when it may be better for you both to give your details but conversely there are times when it would be better not to give his details to the csa.

I think that I have read on here that the general rule of thumb is as follows,
If you earn more than your partner then don't give your details.
If you earn less than your partner then it may be beneficial to give your details.