MSE News: Separated parents told: Agree on child support or face fees

turtlemoose

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Ladyastbury

Carl31 wrote: »

Even if an agreement is made between parents, imagine when the excuses come

'Oh, ill pay it next week'

'Im a bit short this month, can i pay you a bit less?'

'Theres a problem with my bank'

etc..

The reason the CSA exists is because these arrangements cannot be made, else everyone would be making their own arrangements already. This is going to end in tears

I had a disagreement with my ex's new slapper and he stopped paying the maintance that's why in the end I had to go to the CSA, and no doubt he will do it again! we have shared custody but I have them a few day's more and he earn's a lot more money than I do even with my working and child tax credits. And already threatens me with claiming half the child benefit so I wont get the benefits. If he has to pay extra for having to go through the new agency he will claim it.

77777777

How can this be right, one child lives with me and one lives with the other. I still have to pay £400 a month and get nothing for the child that lives with me!!!

GobbledyGook

77777777 wrote: »

How can this be right, one child lives with me and one lives with the other. I still have to pay £400 a month and get nothing for the child that lives with me!!!

Different incomes?

A parent earning 100k is obviously going to have a higher maintenance liability than one earning 15k.

You should be paying the difference between your liability and theirs.

jackio

My son's dad lives in the US and I filed child support claim under the Reciprocal agreement. The amount was already decided by an LA court. So does this mean that the 20% will be deducted from the award? If that 20% will be extra expense from my ex and I will have 4% deducted from the actual amount then I don't mind . This is because if I'm going to have a private arrangement it's most likely I will be getting nothing but excuses on why he can't pay that month and then I will have to launch a claim again. Believe me he will give all the excuses in the world .

jackio

I have resorted to going to CSA because no amount of begging and threatening worked on my son's dad. If the absentee parent is willing to pay, then there is no need for CSA. Let's face it the absentee parent will avoid paying at all cost. I understand why the CSA would need to charge parents , because how much is it to chase child support payments? Mine alone could have cost them atleast 1k and all I get per month is $15(£9, the last cheque was). So really the CSA is like throwing public money down the drain. I hope though that the 20% will be in addition to and not included in the award because it will mean I won't be getting anymore money

seven-day-weekend

I find it very sad that there are so many parents who do not pay for their children. I wonder how they justify this?

I did think maybe they see the other parent raking money in with tax credits, or thinking that the money will not be spent on the children, or that the ex earns a stack more than them, or a combination of things. But this does not negate their responsibility to contribute.

Maybe some parents would be more willing to contribute if they were able to pay directly towards costs that they see as associated with the child, such as buying school uniforms, opening a savings account, paying for childcare, school trips , clothes, groceries, etc, even paying rent or mortgage, rather than by just giving the other parent money.

I am not saying this is ideal, far from it, but maybe it would give the parent with care some support towards the child instead of none.

jjj1980

This whole issue of charging is really emotive.

My current case with CSA is one that won't. E switched over for so d time yet as my ex is non-compliant but I know it will happen eventually and that really annoys me.

My ex will do anything possible to avoid paying. He has lied about his income, claimed to not be working when he is, moved between addresses, changed telephone numbers etc. He is self employed so even harder to trace.

CSA secured a Liability Order in June and he made two payments, both at least a week late and has now stopped again. Bailiffs have now been instructed but they are not hopeful of getting anything as no one is sure where he is living.

On top of all the a use I suffered from him when trying to arrange child support ourselves, hence the reason for the case being opened and all the missed payments, why should my LO lose out on any payments we do receive??

I think if a case has been in the non-compliant/legal stages any ANY time, the fees on the NRP side should be the full 24% for the whole case, with no fees charged on the PWC's side.