Single Mum

webby0912

Hi i have recently split with my husband, i have two children 6months and 5 years old, does anybody know what i am entitled to from HIM and the social?

Jowo_2

Go to the CSA site which will have info on the percentage of his wage he is obliged to pay. There is a child support forum on this website and the bods there can advise.

Assuming your savings are less than 6k, you may be entitled to around £200 per week (approx £65 income support, £100 child tax credits, £35 child benefit), plus some or all council tax rebate and local housing allowance (if the property is rented).

You can check your entitlements on the Turn2us online calculator.

webby0912

Thank you very much for your help :-)

nannytone_2

youre entitled to 20% of his wage, income support, child tax credits and child benefit.

dazzadub

why is it when someone comes on here saying single parent the first advice they give is csa.

csa are money grabbing gits that rip people off and are a law to them selfs. believe me i know.

yeah you would get income support, child tax credit, and also child benefit.

csa is an option but i would give the childrens father a chance to pay you some money first because it could come back to bite you one day and could cause issues in the long run,

last thing you want is csa ripping him off, to the point he decides to take you court over contact etc etc

keep it civil and just ask him for money towards kids, if he refuses a few times go to csa.

give him a chance before conacting csa. the jobcentre will ask you about ex and ask you to conatct csa.

nannytone_2

if the absent parent isnt automatically paying...........thats when the single parent needs benefit advice!

kingfisherblue

dazzadub wrote: »

why is it when someone comes on here saying single parent the first advice they give is csa.

csa are money grabbing gits that rip people off and are a law to them selfs. believe me i know.

yeah you would get income support, child tax credit, and also child benefit.

csa is an option but i would give the childrens father a chance to pay you some money first because it could come back to bite you one day and could cause issues in the long run,

last thing you want is csa ripping him off, to the point he decides to take you court over contact etc etc

keep it civil and just ask him for money towards kids, if he refuses a few times go to csa.

give him a chance before conacting csa. the jobcentre will ask you about ex and ask you to conatct csa.

Believe me, in my case I tried to keep it civil. Child support and contact are not linked (although people do seem to link them). I agreed a private arrangement with my ex when he left - at the time, the CSA were automatically informed if a single parent claimed IS, but once they had worked out the amount due each week, they allowed a private agreement regarding payment.

My ex paid for the first six months. Then he moved in with his new partner and racked up credit card bills, which he used as an excuse not to pay any child support. I tried to keep things civil, even suggesting that he pay a lower amount. He still refused to pay anything.

At no time did I ever refuse contact. Regardless of the money issue, he is still my childrens' dad and it would have been terribly unfair on them if I had reduced contact. The children are the important factor here - not the parents and their feelings or financial status.

I had to apply for child support through the CSA once my ex decided that his credit card bills were more important than paying towards his children. It then took four and a half years to get any money, apart from three months flat rate of £5 when he was unemployed (and that only came about because the CSA had already given him a court date before he lost his job). He appeared in court in November, but I didn't receive anything until February. The payments stopped in May, with no explanation - he had got a job, but not told the CSA.

Eventually, my ex had to pay his arrears as well as a regular amount based on a percentage of his income (25% until our daughter left sixth form, 20% after that). He is still paying arrears, although only for a couple more months. All payments come directly out of his wages, as he has avopided paying for so long.

The point that I'm making is that the CSA, although far from perfect, does have a place. Many NRPs will pay regularly, but there are also many who don't. For those who don't, getting any financial support from the NRP can be a long drawn out process, lasting years rather than weeks or months. Despite this, not all PWCs prevent contact, as we care for our children and their feelings.

AsknAnswer2

How exactly, does paying for the upkeep of a life that a person played a part in creating, equate to being "ripped off?" Place a sock on thy c0ck if evasion of any financial responsibility is what you're after.

The CSA not longer get to put any of the CS into the treasury.

The jobcentre will not ask the OP to contact CSA because the CSA is nothing to do with benefit payments anymore. Hasn't been that way since April.

If he took her to court over contact simply because she involves the CSA, the court would fall about laughing. Besides, the OP said absolutely nothing about not allowing her ex contact,or restricting his contact with the children.

Mupette

dazzadub wrote: »

why is it when someone comes on here saying single parent the first advice they give is csa.

csa are money grabbing gits that rip people off and are a law to them selfs. believe me i know.

yeah you would get income support, child tax credit, and also child benefit.

csa is an option but i would give the childrens father a chance to pay you some money first because it could come back to bite you one day and could cause issues in the long run,

last thing you want is csa ripping him off, to the point he decides to take you court over contact etc etc

keep it civil and just ask him for money towards kids, if he refuses a few times go to csa.

give him a chance before conacting csa. the jobcentre will ask you about ex and ask you to conatct csa.

CSA can be useful for the absent parent,
if a private arrangement is made, what proof does the absent parent have that they have been paying for their child/children?
At least with the csa there is a trail.
my ex husband would not be trusted so i choose to use the csa, even then he tries to fiddle it by only declaring one job... been complaining for 10 years about this and they can't find the proof, even though he is open about it...

shell_542

There's still no harm in giving the NRP an opportunity to come to a private agreement first, without involving the CSA, potentially unnecessarily if a private agreement would work. My Husband has paid via a private agreement for over a year without fail. Not all NRPs are !!!!wits. And the CSA can cause many problems too. By all means use the online calculator and ask them to as well, so they are aware how much they are expected to pay. Hope you can sort things out smoothly and quickly OP.