csa payments and off sick

wilky26

Is it right that if my partner is off sick he pays £5 per week hes off and then once hes back to work his payments are increased to cover the period of time he was off work.
For example
If he pays £100 per week.
Is off sick for 2 weeks so pay £5 for each of thoes weeks
This leaves him with £190 owing.
This £190 ia then divided out over a set number off weeks
Does that make sence?

DUTR

Is what right? You assume that what you have assumed is what is correct and everybody agrees with it?
As you know the CSA contribution is income based, even though he mabe off sick, he may still be in reciept of full pay (I am) , if he is not then he can apply for change of circumstances, but for the two weeks it's hardly worth it. As a CSA contributor myself, I really don't see why some try to evade paying , it's less hassle to contribute and your man can sleep easy.

wilky26

The question i asked in the first two lines of this post is what im trying to clarify if its right or not!
Hes not trying to avoid paying in the slightest and does pay his way and can sleep easy.
How is it right that his payments are put up when he returns to work when during his sickness period he didnt draw a wage? Where is he ment to find this money from? We originally understood that during sickness when hes not working payments of five pound should be made and when he returns to work his maintenance returns back to what he was paying before he went off sick.

justontime

I am no expert, but as far as I know the assessment stands until he is reassessed. So in the circumstances you outlined he would still be due to pay the same amount in csa payments. If you knew he was signed off for a couple of weeks and he was only getting ssp you would need to contact csa to explain and negotiate a revised payment plan to cover the arrears from when he couldn't pay the full amount. I don't think they would do a reassessment unless it was a very long period of sick leave but perhaps other people will know more about this.

PreludeForTimeFeelers

wilky26 wrote: »

The question i asked in the first two lines of this post is what im trying to clarify if its right or not!
Hes not trying to avoid paying in the slightest and does pay his way and can sleep easy.
How is it right that his payments are put up when he returns to work when during his sickness period he didnt draw a wage? Where is he ment to find this money from? We originally understood that during sickness when hes not working payments of five pound should be made and when he returns to work his maintenance returns back to what he was paying before he went off sick.

Realistically income has to change for longer than a fortnight to merit a CSA reassessment, and is usually for periods of 6 weeks or more. If he was temporarily promoted and earning much more (but just for a fortnight) would you feel he should increase his CSA payments for that time period?

wilky26

If he was earning more then yes I would expect him to pay more towards hischildren but ssp doesnt cover his paynents for his children. If my partner was still with his ex as a family they woukd have to cut back to make ends meet whike he was off sick so why should it be any different now they are parted?

DUTR

wilky26 wrote: »

If he was earning more then yes I would expect him to pay more towards hischildren but ssp doesnt cover his paynents for his children. If my partner was still with his ex as a family they woukd have to cut back to make ends meet whike he was off sick so why should it be any different now they are parted?

Because if he turns it into a battle the odds are stacked against him, over a time he can walk with his head high as the monies will have to stop one day.

justontime

I am a NRPP too and I do undrstand your frustration. There are many aspects of csa which either the NRP or the PWC will think is unfair. My first husband died so it always seemed very unfair that my (second) husbands full income was taken into account when assessing the entitlement of my children to EMA, university funding etc, when a significant slice of that income was quite rightly going to support his childen and not available to our household. I just try to keep in mind how much my husband loves his children and how much I care about them too. In our case the PWC is challenging to say the least, but it is not about her, it is about making sure the children are supported. When you look at it like that you can understand why there needs to be some continuity about the amount paid. My husband has always been compliant with csa and has no arrears but still I have a feeling of panic when a letter from csa arrives, because of all the problems we have encountered over the years. It has been very hard for us at times but we have survived (so far) and we have done the best we possibly could for all our children.