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Will I get my money?

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  • anonx_2
    anonx_2 Posts: 40 Forumite
    why isnt it relevant if she works or not ? i think that is the big issue - so you say it doesn't matter if she works or not? thats ok yeah? thats ok that the tax payer picks up her bill? is that what yr saying? someones gota pay for her, i think your wrong here
  • shoe*diva79
    shoe*diva79 Posts: 1,356 Forumite
    anonx wrote: »
    why isnt it relevant if she works or not ? i think that is the big issue - so you say it doesn't matter if she works or not? thats ok yeah? thats ok that the tax payer picks up her bill? is that what yr saying? someones gota pay for her, i think your wrong here

    Your other thread stated you didnt bother with the CSA because you were not allowed to keep the money. So they tax payer paid for your chldren to then because the only way you wouldnt have been able to keep it is if you were claiming benefits...
  • kevin137
    kevin137 Posts: 1,509 Forumite
    anonx wrote: »
    why isnt it relevant if she works or not ? i think that is the big issue - so you say it doesn't matter if she works or not? thats ok yeah? thats ok that the tax payer picks up her bill? is that what yr saying? someones gota pay for her, i think your wrong here

    To be fair, it makes no difference, if you have a gripe about the rights and wrongs of claiming benefit when you have or don't have children that is for you to take up with your MP

    We all know there are people who will jump to conclusions and we have many many arguments on here about what is right and wrong and what is good and bad advice, but if nothing is mentioned about income, then it SHOULD be assumed as the OP is employed... After all. The majority os the population IS employed, so you would in fact be stereotyping because it is as single mother posting... OR IS IT...? She may in fact be in another stable relationship, both working and on good above average incomes. But the fact that the money has stopped from an NRP is what the post is about, and that is ALL it should be about. The original question...
  • She does not mention if she works or not as its not relevent. The father of her children is legally and morally obligated to contribute towards the cost of their children.

    For all you know she could be disabled and unable to work.

    Assume makes a !!! out of u (and me!) so maybe ask the OP for facts before slating her?


    ...as is the mother but hey, my ex can live on benefits while I have to pay for the privilege. Tell you what, I will have my son and she can go and pay for him!

    This daft country makes me sick, get the PWC's out working and paying for THEIR children!!!

    Of course, no idea whether the OP is claiming benefits....
    I have numerous qualifications in Business and Finance, Accountancy, Health and Safety and am now studying Law.

    Don't rely on anything I write as it may be wrong!!!
  • Sensemaya
    Sensemaya Posts: 1,739 Forumite
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    anonx wrote: »
    kevin i think you forgot about the tax payer, she doesnt mention she has a job (i dont know why shes not working) its not her money that pays her bills or for her child, its the tax payers money, so she her self isnt paying never mind the dad
    Perscat wrote: »
    It's my money in the sense that I am the one who has to pay rent and council tax so my son has a home, shopping so he has food and clothes, gas so he has heat etc etc or do you think a child of 15 should have to be legally responsible for these things Wayne? It was also me who had to find a nice chunk of that elsewhere this month with no warning or explanation , so yes, it's my money.

    anonx

    Why should she mention she has a job, indeed why should she justify herself full stop, when she is asking a question?

    Can you READ the sentence I've highlighted? What makes you think she's not working?

    What business is it of yours?
    This daft country makes me sick, get the PWC's out working and paying for THEIR children!!!

    Of course, no idea whether the OP is claiming benefits....

    Yeah get all PWCs working so the NRPs don't have to bother paying for THEIR children.

    I for one have worked all my life since leaving full time education.

    wayne,anonx and force- you are all idiots once again jumping to conclusions which don't concern you. But just so long as you can come and have a bash at PWCs on here that's OK and no doubt it makes you feel better for a while.

    I say this: Pay up and shut up!
  • withabix
    withabix Posts: 9,508 Forumite
    edited 1 January 2013 at 7:19AM
    Back to the OP's question, as we appear to have gone off topic 'a bit' (although it does make me angry when the PWC in my case smokes 20 a day and goes out to the pub all weekend despite my kids going without meals and desperately needing new clothes and school shoes....priorities and all that....) :

    If the OP's ex is on a DEO, there could be a number of reasons:

    Sick pay taking pay down below protected level
    Lost job
    Left job

    As the CSA say there is a Change of Circumstances request pending, it sounds like he has either lost his job or left his current job.

    If it was anything else (assuming he is on a DEO), the CSA would already know what was going on.
    British Ex-pat in British Columbia!
  • mazza111
    mazza111 Posts: 6,327 Forumite
    Withabix - I'm a PWC. And I'm a smoker. I've worked damned hard to make sure my kids had a roof over their head, we're not all like your x. And some on here (not you) should remember that before assuming that we p1$$ any CM up the wall. Hell the CM I get wouldn't buy me two beers in the pub, never mind keep the wee one going in bread for a week ;)

    Would be so nice on this forum if people would stick to the questions asked instead of jumping on that high horse and being so judgmental.

    Please remember this forum is for getting advice people
    4 Stones and 0 pounds or 25.4kg lighter :j
  • withabix
    withabix Posts: 9,508 Forumite
    edited 1 January 2013 at 9:04AM
    Very true mazza!

    I pay £7000 per year CM for two daughters PLUS EXTRAS, plus another £800 per year direct to my eldest daughter as pocket money, so I shouldn't expect to see my children going without!

    ....and yet the PWC still goes to the CSA for re-assessments whenever I don't 'fall into line' with her demands. That backfired on her in 2012 as the assessment was reduced by 15%!
    British Ex-pat in British Columbia!
  • mazza111
    mazza111 Posts: 6,327 Forumite
    Sorry was a wee bitty hungover when I wrote that this morning :) I get £5/week for the wee man. Just annoys me when we all get tarred with the same brush. I've retired now on medical grounds, and it's been a struggle through the years, but I know who the kids respect more, and it's not through me bad mouthing him, cos I never have

    There are good things and bad things to come out of separation/divorce. I just think some people need to step back and take a look at the bigger picture :)

    Just like not all NRP are like my ex (thankfully), not all PWC are like some of the exes we see on here (thankfully):)

    anonx - It's none of our business whether she is working or not. She's came here to ask about her CM. Not about what benefits she can get....
    4 Stones and 0 pounds or 25.4kg lighter :j
  • wayne0
    wayne0 Posts: 444 Forumite
    TBF,

    the law on CS2 doesnt take account of the income of PWC... so that is "irrelevant"

    just like the law on CS2 doesnt take account of the living costs of family of second home of NRP.

    im sure EVERYBODY feels that first and foremost everybody involved should be able to have the minium to live on before CSA is calculated (except of course the "i deserve everything i can get" PWC's)

    but this isnt the case...

    obviously, with the new benefits system coming into force... PWC's will be forced to do reasonable work...

    BUT i agree with Withabix that tax payers end up paying twice when on csa too and a PWC works...

    my issue is that PWC's dont cosnider that NRP's have to live too! and via the CSA NRP's cant live!
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