CSA Help

typeractive

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the correct place, but I am looking for advice for my friend. Long story short his ex partner, decided to claim money from him through the CSA I'm not wanting to get into teh debate of what's correct etc. It's not my place to say of all that, but I shall point out, that his daughter is thoroughly loved and has been well provided for at every possible chance - just as most parents can and do.

So, in a nutshell they claim he owes a whopping £15.5k!!!. At the moment he is married and living with his wife and baby boy They are renting a property (which isn't cheap I must admit) but they were doing well. As of this sum of money my friend is paying a total of £140 PER WEEK!!!!! He works very hard and at the moment this is financially crippling him and his wife

Can ANYONE offer some advice of how to drop the payments or appeal or something? :S

All help and advice is welcomed.

Thanks!

Zara33

Where did £15.5k come from? how old is the child

aMeLia'S~MuMMY

Op, your friend needs to check his assessment notifications to ensure that they hold the correct information provided by your friend, if not he needs to contact the CSA to get the information amended.

However if your friend has never notified the CSA of any changes in circumstances, ie lower wages, child in household, partner, or higher housing costs ~ how are the CSA going to become aware in order to reassess?

Is the £140 per week currently being paid regular maintenance and arrears or just regular MA ? As if he can afford that amount he is likely to be on a decent wage , thus a potentially higher assessment ( depending on a whole host of other factors too)

If it is arrrears and regular maintenance he can try and make an arrears agreement for a lower amount and if anthing in the regular maintenance assessment is out of date he can report changes in his circumstances, however this will only go from the time he reports them.

It is obvious that you friend has not been paying his CSA regularly ( no not having a go... just trying to get the bigger picture) otherwise he would not have all those arrears ~ did he never question his assessments?. This will not be the first time the Agency has contacted him so why did he not query issues at the time?

:A

kelloggs36

You have said that he is doing well, and so his assessment will reflect that. It is based on his earnings and arrears of that amount don't come from nowhere. Has he actually paid anything at all? If not then he cannot be surprised nor feel hard done by if the assessment is correct.

typeractive

Hi guys,

thanks for the replies

Is the £140 per week currently being paid regular maintenance and arrears or just regular MA ? As if he can afford that amount he is likely to be on a decent wage , thus a potentially higher assessment ( depending on a whole host of other factors too)

If it is arrrears and regular maintenance he can try and make an arrears agreement for a lower amount and if anthing in the regular maintenance assessment is out of date he can report changes in his circumstances, however this will only go from the time he reports them.

It's maintenance and arrears yes. I'm not sure of his salary, but I know he can't afford that sum of money.

As for not paying in the first place, I can only summise that he probably did know and did not contribute, though he has provided at every opportunity for his child - I guess it's unfortunate that this doesn't count for anything via the laws and legislations. I am sure this happens all the time with the amount of people that split up etc.

So first point of call is to contact the CSA, and explain current circumstances, and plea for a lower repayment amount / extended period of time.

Thanks very much everyone - hopefully we will be able to reach a level that works for everyone.

Cheers!

jay_snizzel

is the case on CS1 or CS2?
also how long has the case been going on for?
maybe he was earning a decent wage at one time and hasnt informed the agency of his current lower earnings, plus i'm sure if he asked nicely enough they would come up with an arrangment for lower arrears payments.