CSA not taking this months payment

givememycashback_2

The same thing happened to me. My ex wife never wanted my children to have contact with me and nothing was working for her.

In April (Easter) kids came to stay and one of them fell off on a chair whilst fighting with the other. He had a small mark on his cheek. My ex reported to social services and police that I had hit him. She manipulated my son to say the same.

in July the CSA stopped taking payments from my account via DD. This has been in place for 2 years without any problems. The police investigation is still continueing today and I cannot see or re-inititae contact until the effin Ploice pull their finger out and conclude the investigation.

5 months on still not taking any payments and no DEO. Can it be she has opted out due to claiming violent behaviour?

No communication from EX or CSA...very strange.

PlayingHardball

givememycashback wrote: »

5 months on still not taking any payments and no DEO. Can it be she has opted out due to claiming violent behaviour?

No communication from EX or CSA...very strange.

You should be aware that arrears are building up on your case regardless. You will end up having to pay this eventually, so just be sure you are putting money aside each month to cover it when they ask for it back.

I guess it is possible your ex has stopped her CSA claim, but I wouldn't think this is very likely.

CSA_Debt_Bod

Choccy77,
I work for the CSA and direct debits are an absolute pain, constantly messing up and, as you have found, failing for a variety of reasons that are not the NRP's fault, which then puts the NRP into arrears through no fault of his/he own. Despite this direct debit is still the agency's favoured method of collection and caseworkers are encouraged to push for this method of collection, and pulled up when another method is accepted! It's crazy.

If I were an NRP I would not in a million years agree to a direct debit being set up with the CSA as the computer system is so unreliable. Better to insist on a standing order as the method of collection instead (caseworkers may try to encourage direct debit instead but can't reasonably refuse standing order) which you control and you are responsible for monitoring through your bank.

PlayingHardball

CSA_Debt - that is very good advice, thanks for that.