Csa re-assessment/questionable??

Harry_Flashman

Opalsopal wrote: »

And you sound Bitter Harry!!!

Not personally no. I've had no personal dealings with alimony.

I have friends who've been stung like this though. They agree an amount of maintenance with their ex and all is well.

Until, that is, the ex sees them working hard and earning a few extra quid. Then the pound signs pop up in their eyes and they hound for extra.

clearingout

it's not alimony, or spousal maintenance as we tend to call it in this country.

It's child maintenance or child support.

We can argue about 'greedy exs' all day - but the fact is, the system is set up as it stands so that a child(ren) should receive a certain percentage of their NRP's income. Some PWC struggle with their household budgets and will seek every penny to help balance the books. There is nothing wrong with seeking what the Law says a person is entitled to.

Harry_Flashman

But presumably the OP accepted a certain amount as sufficient for her and the childrens' needs?

But suddenly, she needs more?

clearingout

you have to accept what the CSA says is correct is actually correct...if you know someone is doing a lot more work than they used to, or has changed job, or has been promoted...then it is often wise to ask for a reassessment. Sometimes, of course, it will backfire. Life's kind of like that, I find!

owdslackdraws

CSA uses the year to date figures on the wage slips for it's calculations and averages them out to get a weekly figure

PreludeForTimeFeelers

owdslackdraws wrote: »

CSA uses the year to date figures on the wage slips for it's calculations and averages them out to get a weekly figure

This isn't strictly true, what they will use tends to depend on how the often the NRP is paid. If he is paid weekly then they'll tend to use the 5 weeks payslips on or around the date the reassessment was requested. If he is paid monthly then they'll use the last two monthly payslips. If the NRP's pay fluctuates a lot then they will compare these figures with the YTD average, but generally its just a guide.

Blob

clearingout wrote: »

you have to accept what the CSA says is correct is actually correct...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::eek::eek::eek:

It is a dam good job that I did not or I would have been out of my home, job and Lord knows what els. Most of the people that work for the CSA can't lie straight in bed let alone in a Court of Law and that has been proved beyond doubt to a Judge! I have seen some rubbish put up on here but this comment takes the title! :mad: Every thing that they come out with has to be checked and then rechecked! Thankfully my days of fighting them in Court are now over, they lost and the Bailiffs will be going in to the Plymouth office to enforce a Court Order against them as they can't be bothered to do as the Court told them!

I would agree that it sounds like you are trying to get every penny out of your ex, how and why the relationship broke down we don't know. You don't have to pay the money for the contact that is your choice, so it is not an issue, don't hide behind it. You have to accept that your relationship is over and move on, if you can't agree to keep the CSA out of your lives then you have to accept that the most useless Gov department in the World will be running your lives for the next few years, good luck with that, you will need it, both of you!:(

PreludeForTimeFeelers

There seems to be some real bile aimed at the OP in this thread - some of you need to remember she's not actually done anything wrong here, she's just asked for a periodic reassessment.

kevin137

PreludeForTimeFeelers wrote: »

There seems to be some real bile aimed at the OP in this thread - some of you need to remember she's not actually done anything wrong here, she's just asked for a periodic reassessment.

Which is her right, but it was done because she assumed as her ex was working more overtime etc it would mean more MONEY.

It didn't work for her this time, but it may off.

And yes it is her right, but it does't make it right, a simple civil conversation would of probably put this to bed, but it seems most people can't do civil when a relationship breaks down, and that is a shame, as they just cause themselves more hurt and stress.

And you have to agree prelude, that the CSA does have a reputation of making some huge cockups... And are well known for being very unreliable and not providing accurate information... Let's just hope it starts to get better, but i wouldn't hold my breath...

Opalsopal

I seem to have got a lot of flack over this, my ex was offered not to pay me any money as long as he saw his daughter regular, ie every other weekend, which is more than reasonable, he declined, he was then offered to pay me only £20 per week, again he declined that offer too, when I say declined he never responded either way, so I took it as a no over a period of about 16 months, in the end I felt it was only right that my daughter should receive something, bearing in mind he didn't help towards the cost of any kind of nursery items, prams cot's etc are very expensive as are nappies clothes feeding bottles,I don't want to harp on but people seem to forget this.


I was lucky enough that a really good friend of mine bought me my main items.

And yeah it might seem unfair that I asked for a review but with everything going up I struggle too.

I'd love to keep the CSA out of our lives but he never willingly paid anything, so doesn't hold him in good stead to pay of his own accord in the future.