CSA? child support / benefits / birth certificate...

DX2

j4g3d wrote: »

you read it wrong, there not together.

The rest of my post still stands. Thanks for clearing up the misunderstanding.

DX2

j4g3d wrote: »

I dont understand

if the agreeent was £50 she gets to keep £20? and the rest goes...? does the father have to show any proof of sending the money each month? or does the funds have to go through a 3rd party?

If she was to get £50 per week then her Income support would be reduced by £30 per week as she is allowed to keep the first £20 without it affecting her Income support. Always keep a paper trail of any payments and make sure they have something along the lines of child maintenance for x child and get her to sign this also.

j4g3d

DX2 wrote: »

If she was to get £50 per week then her Income support would be reduced by £30 per week as she is allowed to keep the first £20 without it affecting her Income support. Always keep a paper trail of any payments and make sure they have something along the lines of child maintenance for x child and get her to sign this also.

Thanks

Also if the mother asked/agreed with the father say... £1 a week then what will happening? will the income support ppl tell her thats not enough? do they even ask what the agreement is? from what ive heard and seen they dont ask what the agreement is....

DX2

j4g3d wrote: »

Thanks

Also if the mother asked/agreed with the father say... £1 a week then what will happening? will the income support ppl tell her thats not enough? do they even ask what the agreement is?

Nothing Income support can do, they may ask her if she gets child support and all she has to say is yes I get x amount or no I don't get anything.

j4g3d

DX2 wrote: »

Nothing Income support can do, they may ask her if she gets child support and all she has to say is yes I get x amount or no I don't get anything.

Ok...

so it boils down to the mother declaring she has an agreement. And that is that? do they ask if the father is working? would she lose any sort of benefits by going down this route?

Reason i ask all the Q is because i will want to pay my share on the baby but not direct to the mother, i will buy what it needs myself. Without passing any money through anyones hands.

DX2

j4g3d wrote: »

Ok...

so it boils down to the mother declaring she has an agreement. And that is that? do they ask if the father is working? would she lose any sort of benefits by going down this route?

Reason i ask all the Q is because i will want to pay my share on the baby but not direct to the mother, i will buy what it needs myself. Without passing any money through anyones hands.

Be very careful! She can still put in a claim for child support via the csa and although you will be buying things the csa will not class this as child support.

They don't ask about the father at all.

j4g3d

DX2 wrote: »

Be very careful! She can still put in a claim for child support via the csa and although you will be buying things the csa will not class this as child support.

They don't ask about the father at all.

Okey dokey

If they dont ask about the father how do they work out if she is allowed to claim any type of benefits?

DX2

j4g3d wrote: »

Okey dokey

If they dont ask about the father how do they work out if she is allowed to claim any type of benefits?

They will ask if she has a partner if she is going to claim benefits and if she has no partner and a child then she will be classed as a single parent.

j4g3d

DX2 wrote: »

They will ask if she has a partner if she is going to claim benefits and if she has no partner and a child then she will be classed as a single parent.

regardless if the father works or not?

so with my understanding you can only come into problems if both parents are locked in arguements?

nothing else can be effected if both parties are seperated but have an agreement together that both are happy with?

child benefit im talking about...

onetomany

my if shes living without you then she can caim benefits, it dosent affect what u ean, but if you give her money she will have some deducted (depending on ammount) child benifit is diffrent, everyone is etilted to claim its not means tested