Child Maintainance/ CSA/ child support question- please help...

alfsmummy

to keep it short my babies father has been paying csa money for the past 5 months (my son is 17 month) prior to that i didnt recieve a penny dispite him driving about in a brand new merc... but his money is getting progessivly lower..

He lives with his wife to be and her child and works for his mummy and daddy (who i think fiddle his wages as his mum pays him)

WHat i want to know is it household income the csa consider when doing their calculation or just his?

BTW im not greedy im just not a mug who will be taken for a fool!!

thanks in advance for ur help x

Duncombe

Why would anyone else living in your ex-partners household be responsbile for paying maintenance for your son? It is his income alone.

kingfisherblue

Your ex partner's income, plus any tax credits, are taken into account. Assuming his pay is over £200 a week, the first 15% will be disregarded because there is a child in the household. You should then receive 15% of the remainder. This amount is reduced if your ex has your son overnight on a regular basis (at least 52 nights a year).

If your ex earns less than £200 a week, the formula is slightly different, but I'm not sure how it works in that case.

AnxiousMum

Only your ex's income will be taken into account, as well as child tax credits as mentioned above, and the allowance for time spent with his son. However, if his lifestyle is inconsistent with his income, you can always get that checked.

alfsmummy

Duncombe wrote: »

Why would anyone else living in your ex-partners household be responsbile for paying maintenance for your son? It is his income alone.

seeing as he is fiddling the system and paying for her daughter why shouldnt she also pay for my son?? Or are you another sperm donor who thinks he can get away with it???

alfsmummy

Thanks for that. He doesnt see his son so would be the £200 and over calculation. appartantly i can get someone to investigate fom the csa if i think they are fiddling it x

DX2

alfsmummy wrote: »

seeing as he is fiddling the system and paying for her daughter why shouldnt she also pay for my son?? Or are you another sperm donor who thinks he can get away with it???

What an idiotic thing to say.

supersavershal

alfsmummy wrote: »

seeing as he is fiddling the system and paying for her daughter why shouldnt she also pay for my son?? Or are you another sperm donor who thinks he can get away with it???

This is a disgusting thing to say.How do you know he is paying for his new partners daughter and if he is it is none of your business.Your only concern should be your childs father paying for his child.I am the partner of a NRP, he pays through the csa, I work and earn good money and I can tell you now that money only goes to pay for MY children, I would not pay for my partners daughter - that is his responsibility not mine.
Why are you turning so bitter, have you got evidence that your ex is "fiddling the system", the economy has taken a downturn perhaps he is not being paid as much, lots of people have taken a pay cut.

supersavershal

AnxiousMum wrote: »

Only your ex's income will be taken into account, as well as child tax credits as mentioned above, and the allowance for time spent with his son. However, if his lifestyle is inconsistent with his income, you can always get that checked.

My partners lifestyle is inconsistent with his income, but maybe that is because I earn a good wage and we have a good lifestyle, if there is overtime to be done - I do it.And we have a very small mortgage.

OhYeah

supersavershal wrote: »

This is a disgusting thing to say.How do you know he is paying for his new partners daughter and if he is it is none of your business.Your only concern should be your childs father paying for his child.I am the partner of a NRP, he pays through the csa, I work and earn good money and I can tell you now that money only goes to pay for MY children, I would not pay for my partners daughter - that is his responsibility not mine.
Why are you turning so bitter, have you got evidence that your ex is "fiddling the system", the economy has taken a downturn perhaps he is not being paid as much, lots of people have taken a pay cut.

I agree. My ex pays for our children through CSA. I'm not the least bit interested in what his household income is and in fact it's none of my business. Our children are his responsibility not his new wifes and I would never expect her to be financialy responsible either.

bdt1

OhYeah wrote: »

I agree. My ex pays for our children through CSA. I'm not the least bit interested in what his household income is and in fact it's none of my business. Our children are his responsibility not his new wifes and I would never expect her to be financialy responsible either.

If only more people were like you.

I'm a NRPP, my partner earns less than me, yet provides the bulk of childcare for our 2 children, freeing me up to work more (my earning capacity is higher than his), neither the CSA nor his PWC have ever liked this fact, been to Tribunal twice for this fact, and proven successfully twice now, that yes, I am the main wage earner in household, end of story, all treats etc are down to me, not my hubs who is NRP. Also the brand new car on our drive was not purchased out of spare pocket money the NRP and myself may have, it is a company car - didn't stop PWC taking photo's of the last Company car on our drive tho, and sending it to CSA telling them lifestyle inconsistent - of course form P11D proved her incorrect