CSA non biological father

Lilybeth

can someone advise me please,
I have 2 children with an ex partner for which we have shared care even though i pay for everything for the children the father pays for nothing i still have to pay CSA (cos he wont and never will work) but because the child benefit is in his name and was when we where together he was never going to change it to me as it means he can claim a council house etc, i am planning on giving up work would the CSA take my husbands wages into account if i could no longer pay it>?.. please dont judge the fact i dont want to line his pockets via the csa when me and my husband currently support the children.

Mojisola

Who do the children live with?

Lilybeth

although its shared care they are deemed as living with the ex father as he claims the benefits for them.

Soubrette

Who do they actually live with though?

shell_542

Do you pay for everything for when the children are with their Dad as well? Clothes/food/extra costs?

It's the problem with the CSA not taking into account shared care.

But normally if a non resident parent came on here asking about quitting their job and how to stop paying for their child they would be struck down very quickly.

No, they won't take your new partner's income into account. But can you just not stop paying for everything for them over and above the CSA amount and when they are in your care if that is in fact happening?

Soubrette

shell_542 wrote: »

Do you pay for everything for when the children are with their Dad as well? Clothes/food/extra costs?

It's the problem with the CSA not taking into account shared care.

But normally if a non resident parent came on here asking about quitting their job and how to stop paying for their child they would be struck down very quickly.

No, they won't take your new partner's income into account. But can you just not stop paying for everything for them over and above the CSA amount and when they are in your care if that is in fact happening?

There seems to be some confusion in the OPs post as to who actually is the NRP - they claim they have shared care and pay for everything and they imply the ex partner is claiming the child benefit just for the money.

That is why they have been asked twice where the children actually live.

No point shooting someone down in flames until you know the full story

shell_542

Are you getting the correct reduction for shared care?

System

Soubrette wrote: »

There seems to be some confusion in the OPs post as to who actually is the NRP

I understood that in a shared care scenario then the parent claiming child benefit (regardless of the reason) is classed as the PWC. Therefore in this situation the OP is the NRP.

[cynical mode]
But being female then she will not be hauled over the coals the same way that a male NRP would for suggesting giving up work to get out of paying maintenance
[/cynical mode]

Mojisola

!!!!!! wrote: »

I understood that in a shared care scenario then the parent claiming child benefit (regardless of the reason) is classed as the PWC. Therefore in this situation the OP is the NRP.

But if he is hanging onto to the CB because of the other benefits that come with it, and wiggine actually has the children for more than half the week, she needs to sort that out. Until she tells us who has the children for what part of the week, we can't answer her question.

ohdamnit

!!!!!! wrote: »

I understood that in a shared care scenario then the parent claiming child benefit (regardless of the reason) is classed as the PWC. Therefore in this situation the OP is the NRP.

[cynical mode]
But being female then she will not be hauled over the coals the same way that a male NRP would for suggesting giving up work to get out of paying maintenance
[/cynical mode]

True, but don't expect a reply to that

System

Mojisola wrote: »

But if he is hanging onto to the CB because of the other benefits that come with it,

That is all that counts at the moment. . At the moment PWC is determined by who gets the Child Benefit. Until she gets that changed there is nothing that she can do.

All she can hopefully do at the moment is get a re-assessment based on the care split.