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Csa to child maintenance
juliesg
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Has anyone had dealing with this mine has just gone over from the Csa I was getting £60 a week now child maintenance are saying £17 a week a massive difference
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How much does the non resident parent earn?Overactively underachieving for almost half a century0
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Does the dad need to spend much on staying in contact? e.g on transport, accomdation etc.
The new rules take this into account now as well as any reduction for overnight stays:
I can't post a link but if you google:
citizens advice CMS costs of staying in contact
it will show you the details.0 -
I would suspect that he is on a low income topped up by tax credits. Under the CSA, tax credits were taken into account as income. Under CMS they are not, leading to a drop in the income now being taken into account.I often use a tablet to post, so sometimes my posts will have random letters inserted, or entirely the wrong word if autocorrect is trying to wind me up. Hopefully you'll still know what I mean.0
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