CSA question

lincsdan86

Hi all,


The mother to my son is due to have another child with her new partner shortly, she is currently paying CSA for our child who lives with me.


Can anyone confirm if the CSA payment are likely to change because of this?


Thanks in advance

RAS

You would be better of on the Child Support sub-forum.

However:

1. Her income may be reduced whilst on mat leave or permanently?
2. She is allowed 15% of her income to support the new baby. So you weill get 15% of 85% of her salary.
3. If she claims CTC for the child, it depends on her and her partner's incomes as to whether this is counted as income.

lincsdan86

Thanks RAS,


I didn't see a Child support sub-forum.


1. I believe the employer pays normally for a year (used to be my employer) but she has suggested that she may not go back to work after the maternity leave.
3. At the moment I believe the claim is based soley on her, I assume she will get CTC, her partner is a lorry driver but also has another child elsewhere.


At what point would the CSA calculate on joint income if ever?


Thanks

turtlemoose

Unless you're on one of the very old schemes, your ex's partner is not financially responsible for the child that you and she had together, so the CSA will not take the partner's income in to account.

lincsdan86

turtlemoose wrote: »

Unless you're on one of the very old schemes, your ex's partner is not financially responsible for the child that you and she had together, so the CSA will not take the partner's income in to account.

Yeah I just read that somewhere else.


Seems that everything is geared to the mother having any children in a separation and as a father you end up getting a little screwed over when it comes to maintenance should you be the main carer etc.


Nevermind, me and my boy will make do with what we get, as we always have done.

RAS

I expect that once the new child is born, she will ask for a reassessment. And if she does not go nback to work................

lincsdan86

RAS wrote: »

I expect that once the new child is born, she will ask for a reassessment. And if she does not go nback to work................

That is what I would also suspect.

sacha28

lincsdan86 wrote: »

Yeah I just read that somewhere else.


Seems that everything is geared to the mother having any children in a separation and as a father you end up getting a little screwed over when it comes to maintenance should you be the main carer etc.


Nevermind, me and my boy will make do with what we get, as we always have done.

It works exactly the same whichever way round it's done, the CSA doesn't take into account which parent is the RP, it isn't calculated on a gender basis.

lincsdan86

sacha28 wrote: »

It works exactly the same whichever way round it's done, the CSA doesn't take into account which parent is the RP, it isn't calculated on a gender basis.

What I mean was, the father is never likely to get pregnant and then stop working so there is more chance that they will work for the majority of their lives and therefore his new family unit would be liable to pay for maintenance whereas a woman can have another child, stop working and therefore that family unit does not have to pay maintenance.


Of course this is based on traditional family roles for which I am likely to get slated for but it is possible..

turtlemoose

Lincsdan, why do you think that your ex's partner should be financially responsible for the child that they had nothing to do with creating?

lincsdan86

So it is right that because ex can choose not to work because her partner is supporting her that she is not longer required to contribute to a child she helped create?