Confused . . CSA / CMEC / CMS . . . who actually sorts maintenance now ?

DUTR

DAREDEVIL78 wrote: »

exactly ' cally smart '

i think you are correct . . just by paying the csa is a reason for the csa to accept that i have accepted parentage .

sheer madness . . a compulsory paternity test initially would work wonders . . i know the csa would say we couldnt afford to dna test every case but surely it would save mega money in the longrun.


how many nrp's pay csa and are blissfully unaware they are not the biological father just because they might be too entrusting to a wife/girlfriend who might , in the back of their mind , be thinking , '' you are not the father/or not sure '' but using the power of silence as a weapon.

dna testing in csa cases should be mandatory ! end of !

Years back there was an experiment in Norway I think it was, and they found about 1 in 3 were the bio father, so it was scrapped.
Also you should only need to look at the child really, I tell you the genetic pattern carries plenty of 'weight' eating habits, looks , etc

Boris can save his money

Cally_Smart

I know I keep going on about it but also be careful of anything you pay to pwc as a private arrangement because the CSA will believe everything the pwc tells them (look at some of my previous posts ) We have been treated appallingly, treated as though we were trying to not pay when we have every proof of every monthly payment and our payments to pwc are being ignored as she wont admit it (it's because a case was open many years ago !)Being trusting people we assumed that pwc was happy with our payments as she had said so !Got MP on the case but its such a slow process that we are struggling to manage while they take so much of his wages.

mum2one

just a thought during the past yr when your ex cancelled the CSA - youve been paying direct, have you got proof of the payment being made - the fact that it was made for mainatance, as your ex could turn round and say yep I recieved £200 per month but that was to pay a debt he run up when we were together in my name.

Any money now there is a way that you could do a transfer set the name as maintance for joe bloggs.

You may find the CSA is going to be fairer than what your paying, its very unlikely if you kept in contact with the CSA - for pay increases etc that they would keep investagating every 3 mths,

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PreludeForTimeFeelers

mum2one wrote: »

just a thought during the past yr when your ex cancelled the CSA - youve been paying direct, have you got proof of the payment being made - the fact that it was made for mainatance, as your ex could turn round and say yep I recieved £200 per month but that was to pay a debt he run up when we were together in my name.

Any money now there is a way that you could do a transfer set the name as maintance for joe bloggs.

You may find the CSA is going to be fairer than what your paying, its very unlikely if you kept in contact with the CSA - for pay increases etc that they would keep investagating every 3 mths,

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It doesn't really matter if the payments made between the old case closing and the new case opening were recorded or not - the CSA had no jurisdiction during this period. All that matters is keeping evidence of any payments sent now, after receiving the maintenance enquiry form.

OP, you've only got a week or so to return that form, so if I were you I'd call them up and deny paternity now if that is the road you're going down, you can then post the form back too. If you delay too long then they'll presume paternity and you'll miss your chance for a DNA test.

As to the reason why DNA testing isn't mandatory, it costs £200 a time, most NRPs wouldn't pay that. Also, it adds another month minimum to the set-up time of a case, with most NRPs refusing to supply income details during this time, so if the test shows the NRP is the dad then they've got a big chunk of arrears plus the DNA test costs to pay.

PreludeForTimeFeelers

As for the CSA/CMEC/CMS name, essentially it's just down to branding. Your case will be handled by the CSA.

Cally_Smart

DUTR wrote: »

Not so, there was a thread on here some time back, can't remember the author Mojo or something along those lines, after many years of paying csa the child turned out not to be his and was refunded in full.

Think they've got that covered though ,CSA legislation only allows refunds AFTER disputes of paternity are raised, which can come years after someone has been making regular payments to the pwc.

DUTR

Cally_Smart wrote: »

Think they've got that covered though ,CSA legislation only allows refunds AFTER disputes of paternity are raised, which can come years after someone has been making regular payments to the pwc.

Well this thread is one of those I refer to

Cally_Smart

Thanks ,I will read the whole story when I'm back from school pickup.What a heartrending situation to be in. I wonder why the CSA woudn't pay back the other cases I have looked at !Will have to do a bit more reading tonight!
Regards,Cally