new baby on the way

hollywoodgman

Hi everyone,just a quick question i am on csa1 and pay £344 amount of money per month,i now have a baby on the way with my new partner,can anyone tell me can i expect payment to drop at all when baby here in june,many thanks

speedster

are your housing costs taken into account and will your partner be returning to work after the baby comes?

hollywoodgman

i sent rent agreement and the amount didnt alter,she wont be returning to work

hollywoodgman

surely they must take in to account i got a baby to support

CornishBloke29

hollywoodgman wrote: »

Hi everyone,just a quick question i am on csa1 and pay £344 amount of money per month,i now have a baby on the way with my new partner,can anyone tell me can i expect payment to drop at all when baby here in june,many thanks

If you stay at home looking after baby and your partner goes out to work, the assessment should be nil. In any event should be allowed 100% of housing costs unless your ex appeals. Your ex WILL appeal because the CSA will tell them to.

I find the CSA offers good advice to parents looking after children regardless whether they ask for it, but routinely give wrong advice or hide it from working parents.

I caught the CSA lying after they called me at work and they forgot that calls are recorded or monitored for staff training purposes...

hollywoodgman

thanks for u replys, i will be staying in work and my partner will be with baby, i just want to know do csa take into account i have another child to support

DX2

CornishBloke29 wrote: »

I find the CSA offers good advice to parents looking after children regardless whether they ask for it, but routinely give wrong advice or hide it from working parents.

Beg to differ

DX2

hollywoodgman wrote: »

thanks for u replys, i will be staying in work and my partner will be with baby, i just want to know do csa take into account i have another child to support

Simple terms yes they will.

hollywoodgman

thanks dx2, dont suppose you have any rough idea how much,its just me n gf are real worried for our future

CornishBloke29

As far as I know yes, but I do know you can claim 100% of your housing costs. The CSA might tell you can only claim 50%, I asked this very question on separate occasions by telephone and got completely different answers. It seems the CSA itself doent understand its own rules.

Get expert advice and ring the CSA anonymously several times and note the answers. Take the most common occurring answer.

DX2

hollywoodgman wrote: »

thanks dx2, dont suppose you have any rough idea how much,its just me n gf are real worried for our future

Things are a lot more complicated if you are on CSA1, however there is a CSA expert on here that may be able to help you her user ID is Kelloggs36. Sure she will reply asap.