Should I Stop Paying And Take My Chances?
May 4, 2012
I was informed last week that my son who will be 19 in July left college at the end of January. I contacted the CSA and gave them this information asking them to close the case. They said that all they could do was check with the Child Benefit people and my ex wife and come back to me.
I rang them yesterday for a progress report and I was told that my ex said that my son was still at college and child benefit was still in place so I had to carry on paying…….. The thing is, the information was given to me direct Read more
Salary changed but CSA still want money as if I was paid more
May 2, 2012
I am currently in pay with the csa. last week the 25th April my employer called me in to a meeting where he explain the company is struggling to pay the bills and would have to start some redundancys. I was offered a choice between redundancy or a pay cut starting from the 1st of April. i agreed to the pay cut as i don’t think i will find employment else were any time soon.
This reduced my wage by 1/3. i contacted the csa immediately to let them know and inform them it would be a back dated change of pay. they have now told me i will have to pay the rate assessed on my old wage until the 25th as this is when i told them. I explained that i could not have told them earlier and if they take to full assessment this will severely reduce my income further but they say its not their problem.
Surely as their legislation says they can only take 15% over the year they cant do this or would at least have to make a refund at the end of the year?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as i feel now like they are steeling from me.
I had a child when I was just 16, now I have to pay CSA
May 1, 2012
Hi there, 13 years ago I was 16 I was in a short term relationship with a woman. The relationship ended and 2 month later I found out she was pregnant.
At the time of our relationship I had reason to believe this woman was sleeping around and was desperite to fall pregnant.
She got in touch and said I was the father to which my reply was my soliciters name, address and telephone number. I asked her to have the DNA tests done…she never persued this.
Now 12 year down the line I have a message from her saying that the child is asking who her Dad is and wants me to contact her ASAP.
Obviously this has come as a big shock and I need a little advice on the situation. I do not have any kids at present.
What I want to know is if I am proven to be the childs Father would I be liable for 12 years backdated payments?
I have had no contact with this woman or yourselves for 12 years.
Also what costs are involved and how do we go about getting a DNA test to prove things?
You help would be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou
Darren
CSA took 2 years to sort case, now wants arrears for that time
April 30, 2012
I am a father who see’s his child regulary. I have helped to clotheher and she also have stayed over.
I am married and have two more children living at home with me,it used to be 5 but they have since grown up and moved out.It has taken the CSA over 2 years to sort my case out, I have lived at the same address for 18 yrs and worked for the same employer for 16 years. They have always had all my details and i have always been complient with them.
Two years later I have now been stung with a £5,500 arrears bill and have to pay £45 a week. I am happy to pay the £45 a week but the CSA want me to pay £125 a week for te next 2 years to cover the arrears.I bring home £350 some times less have a wife and 2 dependent children with a mortgage and all the other bills families have to pay. I get no other benefits !! I have asked them to spread the arrears over a longer period to enable me to keep the roof over my families head and they will not budge. They also gave me 3 weeks notice for the first payment of £500.
Surely this is exessive and will impact massivly on my resident children.im not saying I dont want to pay but its the CSA fault this has taken 2 years to sort. Please help and give me some advise. This is now affecting my marriage and my quality of life, im in a desperate situation !!!!!!
Chris
Can I get my name on my son’s birth certificate
April 29, 2012
I have three children who where born an living in Scotland with my ex. She left me over 4 yrs ago for no good reason and stole over 5000 pound out of my bank but i let it go for the kids.
She has been consantly blocking me an making it very hard to have time with my kids. I pay over 620 pound a month csa and have done for Read more
I live in another country but still want to provide for my son
April 29, 2012
I have made payments for my Son to the CSA for the last three years.
I Made the CSA aware on the 15th February 2012 that i was changing employers and changing address on the 27th Feb 2012 i spoke to CSA case officer Ted Holms. I gave the new residential address and Details of new Employer i was told that a Officer would contact me to discuss situation after i left old employer and started with New employer. I still wish to provide for my son but live in a different country now.
No Case Officer has contacted me and i am at a loss on what to do now.
Paying Child supoort to California to a woman who lives in Virginia
April 27, 2012
My name is Charles Elder and I reside in West Virginia. My ex-wife was living in Virginia Beach Virginia in 1998 and then she moved to California without notice. When she got there she told them I had not paid child support which was a lie because the State of Virginia was taking it from my pay checks. After this was straightened out California became the recipient of my payments.
My ex-wife lived in California for two years and returned back to the East coast in 2000. Since her return back she has never closed the case in California and they continue to take 210.00 bi-weekly from my paychecks. My son was born Nov 2, 1991 and is 21 years old now.
I have an active relationship with him and I have medical and dental coverage on him. I got remarried and have been for 15 years but this financial strain is causing friction within my home, and keeping me from progressing financially. It seems unfair that California can continue to take child support when the child has not even lived in the state over the last 12 years.
I have a arrears that should have been caught up by now, but California pays on the interest before the principle. I feel my rights as a father who has met his obligations and continues to meet his obligations is still being punished.
I love my son and continue to help him when I can outside of my child support obligation. But I feel that California has no right to continue to take finances from me.
A way to cap how much CSA I pay?
April 25, 2012
Right, to make things clear, I am an excellent and responsible parent, which is why I have been happily paying £300 a month maintenance leaving me very little to live on resulting in me having rent a tiny room in a shared house. On top of this I have to pay £200 a month to see my daughter in a contact centre.
Now guess how much I earn? Its 37K and I still can’t afford to pay my bills and I am getting into more and more debt and into serious financial trouble! 
I more than pay for my daughters upkeep, I know the mum can easily get by on £200 or less since she has a free house and everything is paid for her, she has no outgoings. So every time I see my daughter I notice not only is she wearing new expensive designer clothes (different every time), she has Read more
How much should I be paying?
April 23, 2012
I have three of my own children 16, 15, & 11 and 1 child I support who lives with me full time with my new partner. I have at the moment a amicable agreement with my ex partners, but they want more money from me, can you possibly let me know what I should be paying them equally, the 16 & 15 year old are from one relationship whom stay with me 2 nights every weekend, the 11 year old has regular contact with me but will not come to stay at weekends for what ever reason although there is avalibility for her to do so, what would be my calculation.
Not too sure wether or not this is circumstantial or not but on one of the relationships, when we spilt up there was a considerable debt we had between us that we amicablly sort out of £256 per month, (still oongoing for the next 5 years) now that is figure that I pay on my & my ex partners behalf + the amicable agreement of £333.33 per month for child maintenance to both parties, so that is a total of £589.33.is this correct or should I just pay the 89.99 as your calculator has said?
Trying to reclaim Overpayment due to incorrect Assessment
April 21, 2012
For the last 5 years I have been trying to recover 6 months of CSA payments or get a variation for the initial period when I was still living with my ex-wife and children paying all the bills, mortgage, credit cards etc. The CSA says that I am liable for 3 children for the first six months, even though in addition to paying all household bills I was paying the boarding school fees for my eldest who left the marital home with me after these first 6 months to live elsewhere.
The CSA took me to court on 3 occasions to enforce the payment of these ‘arrears’ for this period, the court Read more
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