Advice Please.........

viclspence

CSA_Debt_Bod wrote: »

Hi viclspence,
You don't need to mention anything to the CSA about your ex giving you money since you split, as this would be of no importance to them. He only becomes liable for CSA payments from when a case is opened, and anything that has happened before is irrelevant. They couldn't for example make him pay more because he hadn't paid you anything before you opened a CSA case, or ask him for less because he did pay you.

If you provide the CSA with your ex's date of birth and his last address (his national insurance number would be helpful too, if you know it) it should be reasonably easy for them to find out his new address. If he has a mortgage or bank account his new address will be traceable through the credit reference agency that the CSA uses.

Just one word of warning for you - don't assume that by going through the CSA you will start to receive payments regularly and on time. He will still be able to mess you about a fair amount by paying late and get away with it!

WOn't they see that i've already put a claim through them and stood them down though?

CSA_Debt_Bod

When you say you 'stood them down', I take it you agreed to switch to what is known as direct pay rather than go through the agency? In that case, the agency wouldn't get involved in whether he paid you or not during that time, as by changing to direct pay you were agreeing to collect your own maintenance and took responsibility for doing so, and he would only be liable to pay again from the time you ring the CSA and tell them you want to change to non-direct pay, ie through the agency.

viclspence

Thanks for replying.

I will give them a call next week and see what they say. Will see if I can find where I wrote down his old address. They should be able to find him from that address seeing as it is on his bosses land!