Changes to CSA - Benifit exemption

Loopy_Girl

Have you asked your daughter if she is happy in staying in such - I would imagine - chaotic living arrangements?

Are you REALLY happy for her to be in that environment? There are schools all over the place you know!! I would rather die than think my child would be coming home to a house of stoned and/or drunk people in the house....who is cooking a proper meal for her? how does she get peace to do her homework?

I would carefully read daska's post again and sit and have a think about things...she is about to enter a stage of puberty and becoming aware of her external environment and you want her to have the best start....not that it's acceptable to get !!!!ed and stoned at 3 in the afternoon.

PlayingHardball

MacLain, if it is a straight forward calculation on a new CSA case with no arrears, you take home £340 per week, and have your daughter between 104 and 156 nights per year, you would pay £29. So really, the deal the ex gets now is pretty good, as you pay all the frills.

Benefit fraud?! I would be thinking of reporting that very seriously. I work too hard myself to feel happy about paying for someone like your ex's husband, giving him a free ride. And I would be seriously concerned if my daughter was exposed to people taking illegal drugs in her own home. VERY worrying.

kelloggs36

How much tax credits do you get? How many nights for the whole year does your child stay with you?

daska

And, just in case you're not aware, courts do take a dim view of substance misuse (legal or otherwise) and will often order a hairstrand test to establish what the scale of the problem is. This gives results for the last 3-6 months and is very hard to fool as the report will specify whether the hair has been treated in such a way as to skew the results.