New to CSA help please

teels

I have 2 kids to 2 different mothers.i have been paying £50 every week to mother x or 6 years and the same to mother y since we split 3 months ago.But im struggling to pay £400 per month and told them i needed to cut the payments to £30 pw to make ends meet.Mother y was fine with this and understood my situation.Where as mother x has gone to the CSA and now im worried how much they are gonna chase me for ? i earn £340 net pay per week,any help would be of great help

Caz3121

If both cases went through the CSA they would assess you at 20% of net shared between the 2 PWC so £34 per week each. If mother x has gone to CSA then you need to get mother y to do it also otherwise they will assess you at 15% of net for the CSA case and ignore any private arrangement you have

DX2

Each will get 10%

alwayspuzzled

if you go to the CSA web site, there's a calculator https://secureonline.dwp.gov.uk/csa/v2/en/calculate-maintenance.asp

I believe that you will need to get pwc2 to open her own csa case so that the maintance can be split 10% each otherwise they will calculate as only one child at 15%. Remember you also get a reduction based on how many over night stays you have.

DX2

alwayspuzzled wrote: »

if you go to the CSA web site, there's a calculator https://secureonline.dwp.gov.uk/csa/v2/en/calculate-maintenance.asp

I believe that you will need to get pwc2 to open her own csa case so that the maintance can be split 10% each otherwise they will calculate as only one child at 15%. Remember you also get a reduction based on how many over night stays you have.

A parent or person with care or a non-resident parent can ask us to work out child maintenance and set up a payment arrangement.
http://www.csa.gov.uk/en/setup/who-can-use-csa.asp

teels

Well i get both kids on a minimum off 3 nighs a week.2 without fail.I think i can get Mother Y to make a case as we still get on.Probably helps that she cant stand mother X as is just out for money since day 1 and has never worked.(except a cash in hand job every weekend for the last 3 years) which i dont wanna bring up but i dunno if her income comes into it ? if it does then she is never gonna declare it and i would get shafted so id need to tell them but dont wanna annoy her as she will punish me by stopping me seeing the kid

DX2

teels wrote: »

Well i get both kids on a minimum off 3 nighs a week.2 without fail.I think i can get Mother Y to make a case as we still get on.Probably helps that she cant stand mother X as is just out for money since day 1 and has never worked.(except a cash in hand job every weekend for the last 3 years) which i dont wanna bring up but i dunno if her income comes into it ? if it does then she is never gonna declare it and i would get shafted so id need to tell them but dont wanna annoy her as she will punish me by stopping me seeing the kid

Her income doesn't come into it.

teels

Thanks guys,im just really worried about all this.I dont mind paying the csa and happy to see my kids.But i keep reading so many horror stories about people geting bills in the thousands due to Mistakes etc in the system and has put the fear of god into me.

LittleJohn

Don't forget that the people on here are the ones who have had problems with the CSA, and hopefully are the minority.

Steve40_2

teels wrote: »

I have 2 kids to 2 different mothers.i have been paying £50 every week to mother x or 6 years and the same to mother y since we split 3 months ago.But im struggling to pay £400 per month and told them i needed to cut the payments to £30 pw to make ends meet.Mother y was fine with this and understood my situation.Where as mother x has gone to the CSA and now im worried how much they are gonna chase me for ? i earn £340 net pay per week,any help would be of great help

You need to get mother Y onto the csa system ASAP so they can devide the money equally between the two mothers if you dont they will take all the money for X and not leave you enough to pay Y then when you challenge them about it you will be told you shoudnt have been paying Y cos they never told you too and that any hardship caused to Y will be your fault . this is exactly what happened to me you need to act quickly and get Y assesed onto the system

Caz3121

teels wrote: »

Well i get both kids on a minimum off 3 nighs a week.2 without fail.

The amount will then be decreased - if over 104 nights then will be reduced by 2/7ths....only thing to be aware of there have been cases that the PWC then stops access and overnights as it affects their money