CSA asking for me to pay, but I have the child?
July 31, 2010
In 2008 me and my ex split. My daughter returned to live with her mother for about a 2/3 week period. At that point I contacted the CSA to arrange payments. Shortly before it was processed my daughter returned to live with me, and has remained with me.
In the first six months of 2009 they CSA attempted to take a approx £200 month out of my bank account for maintenance payments for a child I had with me. They ignored 3 solicitors letters and I was told due to a ” computer fault they could not stop them or update any of my records “. I spoke to the bank and they said the CSA had to stop them. They eventually stopped in Jun 09. I have now recieved a letter stating that I have £1800 of arrears for the child that lives with me. They are now stating if a dont pay they will Read more
CSA arresting jobseeker’s allowance
July 31, 2010
My partner has been signing on for the last 8 weeks and so far has not had a penny. Apparantly the CSA have arrested his JSA and the Jobcentre say its out of their juristiction, can they do that?
It’s a struggle for myself on a low income to support both of us as £900 doesnt go a long way after rent bill etc and to top it off my pregnant with my first child, his third, we are literally scrapping at the barrel just to survive. I know he gave his ex £150 per week by cheque for both kids and the house she lives in with the live in bf she moved in within weeks of him leaving Read more
CSA threaten to arrest me if I don’t comply
July 30, 2010
This is a long story in entirety. I fell out with the establsihed order a number of years ago over corruption and my intention to whistle blow.
Since then my marriage broke down and my main supporter became “as the enemy” as she uses this corrupt system to beat up on me. I now see my daughter about once a month.
My ex pretended not to want maintenance so that she could make the case in court for the house etc being left to her in almost its entirety…yet BEFORE the case is complete I did get a call from the CSA on my mobile on Read more
How do I know if the CSA is taking too much?
July 28, 2010
My partner is paying for 3 children. He knows he has to pay something toward there up keep, but what the csa are taking a month is leaving him on the brink of poverty. Any help would be much appreciated as we do not have a clue what the rules are, or if there is anythin he can do about it.
He only earns £900 per month. The CSA are taking off him £232 per mth and we have just found out it will be going up to more. He is only left with around £630 per month!! He has a mortage to pay out of this, which is £350. Council Tax, tv licence which we all know has to be paid or you can be taken to court.
So how is he supposed to live, he simply doesnt have Read more
Ex is quids in with CSA, Child Tax Credits and Working Tax Credits
July 28, 2010
I want to know why the csa decide how much they can take from deducting money from your wages so you have no control over the amount they leave you with; not enough money to pay out what you need to pay out a month and they wont take into account what your out goings a month are? They have left myself & my new wife in finacial hardship, we dont know where to turn.
The csa case workers are full of lies, & have a very bad attitude towards you when you ring up to discuss anything with them & to top it all they say its not their business how you live or that you’re in hardship because of the amounts they take from you.
I’m sick to death hearing of women complaining that Read more
Have my son during school holidays but still pay CSA
July 27, 2010
Starting back in 1997 my other half gave birth to my now (13 year old) son . Things couldn’t be better.
Then a year on we decided to get married, well she asked me although i turned her down the first 2 times cause i didnt want to break sonething that wasnt broken. My hunch was correct, less than a year on she divorced me, waking up one morning saying she didnt want this anymore, just outta the blue.
That was the start of the solicitors letter and police to kick me out.. over nothing may i add.. there was no violence or mental abuse. It was all just cause she didnt want it anymore, it was hell.
Anyway, a few years later after an all time low locked away feeling sorry for myself, wondering if i had done wrong, I picked myself up and thought i would do something with my life instead of wondering what i had Read more
What to say at CSA Tribunal?
July 27, 2010
My ex husband and I split up in 2008 despite solicitors requests for maintenance payments he wouldn’t pay a reasonable fixed amount, so I went to the CSA. He didn’t fill in any paperwork so they estimated his salary at £17,000. I said this was far less than he had ever earnt. They said I could appeal but as I knew he hadnt filled in any tax returns I had no evidence.
In January 09 they asked him for some evidence. He produced two payslips that said he earnt £118 per week!!!!!!
He is doing an extension around the corner. I appealed and because in his response to my appeal document Read more
CSA won’t take our private agreement into account
July 25, 2010
My husband has 2 children to his first marriage & pays for them through an agreement made between themselves. He as 2 other children to his 2nd marriage, who has gone through the csa. He was unemployed last year due to him having a heart attack, then was under heart investigation until december 2009 in which he was told he could go back to work.
He started a job for 3 weeks in jan, then he got a better paid which started on the 1st of march so he was off work for 2 weeks without a job, the csa have claimed to have wrote to my husband in january and april this year but we never received any letters from them. The first we knew about any claims for csa was on the 10th july 2010, in which my husband was in arrears of £1500 pound and deo order was put on his wages at the end of july for £350 pound.
I’m out of work at the moment & my husband brings home £1100 pound a month. Our out goings for the month are 970 so we have been left in financial hardship and cannot afford to pay what we owe out. We rang the csa & told them Read more
Payments made direct to ex ‘do not count’ says CSA
July 24, 2010
I agreed to pay maintenance direct back in 2006 to ex, but csa updated there system one week later to say i should be paying them.
Then in oct 2009 recieved notice of over 4k arrears. They went down the DEO route. I have tried to complain, done the independant case route, but still no joy in getting this sorted.
They have given me the right of appeal but csa state that any payments direct to ex will not be taken into consideration as i did not keep reciepts. Can anybody give me any advice on what route to try next?
CSA ask for money from when I wasn’t working
July 23, 2010
I finished work in Feb and have just started working again and the when i finished work i phoned the CSA and told them.
I have just recieved a call asking for a payment in the arrears. Is that possible?
I wasnt earning so how can they ask for money?
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