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  • DX2
    DX2 Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    by the way the CSA are wanting £119 a week for 6 weeks until the arrears are paid off then it will go back down to the 25% of £75 a week thereafter , just wish those evil !!!!!!s would take into consideration my outgoings etc but hey ho we cannot have it all ways i suppose !!
    Have you phoned the CSA and asked them to spread the arrears payment over several months, as them taking so much per week will leave you and your wife in hardship.
    *SIGH*
    :D
  • kentboy7510
    kentboy7510 Posts: 29 Forumite
    have tried to reason with them but they wont listen , my kids are 2 , 6 and 8 , the CSA i admit are only doing their jobs but they are not being helpful; right now , will just do the best i can with them right now and try my damndest to clear the arrears :-)
  • DX2
    DX2 Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    have tried to reason with them but they wont listen , my kids are 2 , 6 and 8 , the CSA i admit are only doing their jobs but they are not being helpful; right now , will just do the best i can with them right now and try my damndest to clear the arrears :-)
    Try harder ;) maybe speak to someone higher up than the phone morons.
    *SIGH*
    :D
  • kentboy7510
    kentboy7510 Posts: 29 Forumite
    shall give it a go lol , cant lose out on anything i guess and the worst i can receive is a big fat NO !! just a pain in the bum that i have been paying for the kids shopping bi-weekly yet never got anything signed by the ex , thought it better to provide with food for them as i know once she gets £300 a month in her hand she can do what the hell she likes with it :-(
  • DX2
    DX2 Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    shall give it a go lol , cant lose out on anything i guess and the worst i can receive is a big fat NO !! just a pain in the bum that i have been paying for the kids shopping bi-weekly yet never got anything signed by the ex , thought it better to provide with food for them as i know once she gets £300 a month in her hand she can do what the hell she likes with it :-(
    I won't get into the what child support should be used for :p being a PWC myself ;) but I know my NRP is being an @rse regarding payment and arrears, he is taking the whole lot to appeal.

    Another idea for you, can you appeal this decision?
    *SIGH*
    :D
  • kentboy7510
    kentboy7510 Posts: 29 Forumite
    not sure i can appeal ?? they have put the deduction of earnings order into place which i asked them to do from the start , thats why i am £300 in arrears as they were not quick enough to put it into place , as i said before i would never begrudge my kids anything would pay whatever i had to so that i could make them happy but would love a fairer crack of the whip with my bills and also my childrens access to me , due to no fault of my own they now live 7 hours away from me and i get no help with travel costs from my ex and then get blamed by her that i havent taken them anywhere once i am there , yeah i have little money once there but i try my hardest to give them special days when i am with them , sorry for my rants but i just want the laws to implicate both parties and not be one sided :-(
  • DX2
    DX2 Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    not sure i can appeal ?? they have put the deduction of earnings order into place which i asked them to do from the start , thats why i am £300 in arrears as they were not quick enough to put it into place (
    My NRP has a DEO in place but the employer hasn't sent the correct payment in for the last two months, the CSA are blabbing on about protected income and he has more a lot more arrears than you ;) and he is certainly appealing the decisions as I was informed a few weeks ago.
    *SIGH*
    :D
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