csa demands

missmontana

Is there any way you can apply for HB/LHA to help you pay the rent?

missmontana

Is there any chance you will have the opportunity to meet your son and have a relationship with him?

sorry about all the questions, just trying to help!

manc_daddy

ive already tried that and to no avail .

manc_daddy

yeah i would go for that trying to have relationship but how? he lives fair distance from where i live and couldnt afford to travel there. Also csa have told me that me that it cant be sorted out between the 2 of us as his mum regrets informing child support agency because of the amount of money theree taking and fact its gonna make me homless so were all losers me daughter son and hs mum as she will onlt seeing a percentage of it as she doesnt work

Kimitatsu

What you need to do is get your daughters mother to apply for maintenance through the CSA, then you will have a liability of 20% for two children that is split equally between the two. So on a net salary of £200 then you would be paying out £40 a week for the two, and each parent would get £20.

You can ask the CSA to give you longer to pay your arrears as it will cause you considerable financial hardship, and they can award youup to 2 years to pay the debt back.

You can also speak to the DWP and ask them to reduce the payments out for your Dads funeral - again if it will cause you hardship then they can do that.

Good luck.

manc_daddy

the loan isnt from dwp its from work and how can i get my daughters mum to claim csa against me when im going for custody of my daughter ?? and i have daughter half the week and pay for all her clothes food etc ?

missmontana

I would see if you can come to some sort of arrangement with your sons mother then if she feels bad about how much money they are trying to take from you. She can close the CSA claim and you can have a private arrangement between yourselves.
There is a full disregard from april 12th on child maintenance, so the mothers will see every penny of however much you give them.
maybe you could arrange to meet half way with your son and his mother? Obviously it'd take a while to get to know him and I'm sure she'd want to be there.

Dissillusioned

Welcome to the realities of the CSA mate,they dont give a hoot,you could end up living in a ditch,and thats fine by them,as long as your paying up....
As for "protected income" what a joke that is,work hard all week to be rewarded with a benefit level of income from your money.
You have my sympathy fella.Its a rotten position to be in.

Honest_broker07

Ig you are having a child 50% of the time then you should be paying a lower percentage to that mother.
Quite how they would work it is intreaguing, but I'd have said
take 20% of the wage - £40
Divide by 2 £20 each
reduce 1 by 50% to cover your nights with that child so a total payout of £30 a week.

With your out goings are you not entitled to any benefits such as housing benefit, child tax credit, working tax credit etc

DX2

Honest_broker07 wrote: »

Ig you are having a child 50% of the time then you should be paying a lower percentage to that mother.
Quite how they would work it is intreaguing, but I'd have said
take 20% of the wage - £40
Divide by 2 £20 each
reduce 1 by 50% to cover your nights with that child so a total payout of £30 a week.

With your out goings are you not entitled to any benefits such as housing benefit, child tax credit, working tax credit etc

For the CSA to take his daughter into consideration it would be far better if the OP and PWC went via them rather than a private agreement, from what I gather fom the OP's posts in this thread he is not eligible to claim the above benefits as the PWC gets these already and only one parent is eligible to claim.