Can the CSA calculate what a man has to pay his ex on his new girlfriends earnings?

Kizzy2000

Okay so here's the thing - I've been in a relationship with a man for 12 months (6 of those living together), he has 2 kids that don't live with us, I have none and no desire to do so.
He has access to them every other weekend and that's fine by me.
His ex has put in a claim for maintenance.
He earns very little I earn quite alot, if we go on holidays I will pay for it etc. So the question is am I going to end up getting dragged into the calculations for how much he pays?
I most certainly am NOT going to pay for children that aren't my own, so if they tried to increase his payments based on my earnings he would have to pay those alone and without my help.

This may sound cold and callous to some, but to me I work very hard and am protecting my interests.

crispeater

i remember when i first got with my childrens father he had a son from a previous relationship and yes they did want to take my earnings, savings, capital etc into the calculations. i didnt have children at the time and i thought the same as you, no way am i paying for children that arent mine.
the only way around this was to not live together lmao suited me!

seven-day-weekend

I have a feeling these rules have changed and they do not take a new partner's income into consideration now.

Nor should they, imho.

This may help:

http://www.w4mp.org/html/library/guides/050128_csa.asp

kittiej

No your earnings are safe.

Just don't give him any of your money on a regular basis lol!

enemes

That's a definite NO ... your income doesn't come into it at all.

Argyll_2

It depends if you are under the new system or old system i.e CSA 1 or 2.

If under CSA 1 then yes and you would have to apply for a departures. Under the new scheme i.e a percentage of your net pay then no.

kelloggs36

Argyll is half right - but it would be the PWC who would apply for a Departure on the grounds that the partner can contribute towards the NRP housing costs. Under CS1 the formula is complicated and it isn't possible to say whether your details would impact on the assessment or not without seeing the original assessment because he may already be paying the max under that assessment based purely on his earnings anyway, in which case your earnings won't make any difference at all. However, if he is paying a reduced amount due to his protected income then your income may mean that the household overall can now pay what he should be paying in the first place. However again!! If the case is a CS2 case (open since March 2003) then your income won't come into it at all.

Kizzy2000

Thank you all so much for your replies.
I am almost certain that he is on the new scheme as the ex has only just applied for CS, after deciding he wasn't paying enough (£50 a week direct to her) he just found out that under what he earns he only has to pay £36pw which is quite a bit less.
I just feel sorry for the kids (not just his, have read through various posts on here), it's really awfull that they get caught in a financial crossfire.