ex paying arrears

groovychick2007

my csa stopped in september as my kids had left school so i reapplied for income support they asked if i had any arrears due from csa which as far as i knew i hadnt .. now ive received a phone call from csa to say my ex wil be paying me back £359 a month starting next week ... i asked them for a letter so i could inform income support they said income support do not need to be informed as it is arrears im being paid nothing else can anyone tell me if this is true i dont want to have a letter saying i have been overpaid by them
thanks teresa

LuciferTDark

Your best bet is to wait till the details of the csa payments arrive & get in touch with Income Support, you can't rely on the csa being right about not having to tell the others.

kelloggs36

If you were not on benefits for the period of the assessment then the money is due to you - Had it been paid at the time, then you would still be making a claim for income support now. The periods don't link up .

Argyll_2

The CSA are the most unorganised bunch of idiots ever. If they told me it was November I'd check my calender.

I telephoned them because I spotted a mistake and I wanted to pay more. That was about three months ago, about six letters and I'm still not any further forward.

Get everything in writing and try to avoid speaking to them by phone. Communicate either by letter or e-mail. That way you can at least prove what they tell you.;)

groovychick2007

i dont really know what period it is due from all they told me is he owes about £5000 and will be paying it off over 12 months i know ive been on and off income support over the last 4 yrs due to my husband having cancer then when he passed away i was on it when my new partner moved in we were on income support but there were quiereis over paying it as they said i was recieving maintainance which i wasnt... i had to call csa and they then confirmed to income support i hadnt recieved it ..... so got the income support ....he has only been paying maintainance for about 2 yrs when income support stopped...we are now back on income support from september this yr of £10 a week(b/f has mental ilness) so now looks like i better find out what period it covers also must i inform all the other benefits im on ive got this extra money .....housing beneit ,council tax benefit etc ( as just had woman from benefits checking my statements to make sure im getting what i said) plz help dont know what to do next
thanks
teresa

kelloggs36

I would check with all the other benefits, although it used to be the case that maintnenace was deducted from housing benefits etc even if you weren't actually getting it, in which case you shouldn't have to have it deducted twice!

groovychick2007

well actually spoke to csa today lovely lady that is dealing with the arrears (actually kept to her word and rang me when she said she would) it will not affect my benefits as i was working at time arrears are due from and its money due from then he.... also owes money from when i was on benefits which the csa say belongs to them as i had benefits paid to me.. But they are making sure i am paid 1st.. she is also sending me out a letter to state what period the arrears are due from and that it will not affect any of my benefits..... just waiting for him to pay now.. csa should of recieved money on monday 19th but they havent they have been intouch with the company he works for but they are not answering the phone so if they have not recieved payment or a reply from his company by next wednesday they are sending someone in for face to face to collect the money.