Cannot afford to see child due to CSA demands
May 12, 2012
We are unable to afford to see the child in the case as CSA are taking over £650 a month. We have already moved house to lower our outgoings yet the monies are funding the ex wifes lifestyle of holiday, hair, nails and clothes etc, she also gets working family tax credits on top and her own salary plus her new partners so all in all a lot better off than us.
We pay the child in the cases contract phone so we can keep in touch as she lives far away we cant afford to go and collect and return as the ex wont meet us half way, feel that CSA should reduce the arrears payments over 3-4 yrs so we can afford to provide a home for Read more
Father abandoned his child to live the high life abroad
May 10, 2012
My ex-partner Jeffrey Mearns left me and my daughter in Jan 2007 and did not pay any maintenance at all until he was forced to do so by the CSA on 5th Aug 2009.Even then he only paid £5 p/w which in fact did not help with the costs of bringing up my daughter at all and the payments ceased on Oct 13th 2010.
I contacted the CSA by phone and by Email as it is the principal of the matter that really angers me. This man abandoned his child and to my knowledge lived the high-life in Greece?
I have no knowledge of his whereabouts but I did supply you with details of his parents address etc and yet I have had no reply from you at all.I would very much appreciate an explaination for this as I am not the one in the wrong.
Yours faithfully
CSA made up arrears then demanded I pay them
May 10, 2012
Earlier this year I agreed with the CSA to pay £20 per month, I know this isn’t much but I’m not earning a lot at the moment. I had £20 each month leave my account on the 3rd, then in May I had £282.62. When I called them the lady didn’t have a clue what was going on she passed me to a case worker who could tell me.
After being on the phone to him for around 30 mins and after he went back and forward to his supervisor he came back and said the case had been looked at in January and I now Read more
Daughter is four and not a penny from CSA since she was born
May 9, 2012
I first made my claim to the CSA in May 2009 when my daughter was just over a year old.
I have STILL never recieved a payment from my ex. The CSA has refused to do anything, and I haven’t heard from them for over a year now, despite repeatedly phoning and emailing them. I have passed on details of where my ex is living, his mobile number, and also his place of employment (as I was told it’s MY responsibility to prove he is working, not theirs!) and still they have done nothing.
I tried to make an official complaint, and they wouldn’t uphold it, no reason given. I am soooo fed up with them, my daughter is 4 now and we haven’t recieved a penny for over 3 years.
So much for the law!!!
CSA told ex not to pay me direct, then they failed to me at all!
May 9, 2012
I am £700 in debt because of the CSA. I turned to the CSA to get some sort of security of the payments after the father of my child missed payments and seemed financially irresponsible! He usually paid on the 36th of every month £330. He missed a payment in December and January so I filed a claim January 26th.
He, scared, paid me on the 27th and me not knowing the process, did not think the claim would be taken further as I had not filled out the form and sent it back. I left it and my ex paid again in february. At the end of March he was told by the CSA that £660 had been taken from his employers. Both confused by the sudden contact by the CSA, we frantically tried Read more
Why must my children watch their dad waste away?
May 8, 2012
I’m better off on benefits. I know I have a responsibility towards my children but its not in their interest watching their dad waste away.
On my current part-time wage, I have to pay £62 child maintenance each week.
If I give up my job (on grounds of petrol) I only pay £5 on Jobseekers.
Total by total, that leaves me £29 better of on the doll.
I have £12 for food a week. No pocket money, no money for my home, outings, breaks, Birthdays, Xmas,etc. All my children get from me is a paper made birthday card
The more I earn, the more CS I pay and the less Housing Benefit I get.
My rent is the cheapest, I rent a one bed house so my children can visit at weekends (I can’t bring them to a shared house).
In under the new rules, my £5 a week Tax Credit was removed.
Using kids as a weapon
May 8, 2012
I know this is none of my business but i am sick and tired of being in the middle even though i gave my husband an option before we got married because they were calling me names even though if it wasnt for me my husband wont being looking after the kids because he was fed up of 1 babymother as she always uses the kids as a weapon.
If she doesnt get her way of if she is upset at him, she wants him back but he keep telling her there is no chance at that as he is happily married but because of that she tells him you cant see the kids because she doesnt want them to meet me, which a few months ago she agreed then changed her mind but like i said i dont really mind aslong as my husband sees them and take care of them. He pay £40 to travel there by train which take 2-3hrs but even when he is there she tries to start trouble like 1 day he went there and because he didnt want to play a game as she was involved she kicked him out the house a train that you can just go back on you have to wait the time that son the ticked so he was stranded for 2hrs in a place he doesnt know. he used to by agreement but out of the blue she told him the kids wasnt his and he shouldnt give her no more money towards them then suddenly he got a call from CSA, we are both sick and tired as the kids being used as a weapon he is a great dad and would do anything for his kids and because they know that they just throw the kids in his face.
At times he wants to give in but i have to remind him that it aint the kids fault its the mothers. now we are thinking of going through Children Center so he can get the chance seeing his kids without being in their house i said they as he has 2 drama of a baby mother and they driving him crazy.
Still paying CSA when my daughters are 28 and 30 years old
May 7, 2012
I have been dealing with the c.s.a now since about 1992 and i’m sill paying and my daughters are 28 & 30.My case is almost at an end but i honestly feel sorry for people just starting out with the c.s.a.
I have learned alot about the c.s.a over the years and their tactics and reasons why they cant be beaten by normal means.
You cant beat an organisation who basically tampers with files,fiddles figures,rewrites evidence in their favour for independent case examiners ,invents arrears and hides behind the law.
These days you can send a letter anywhere in the world and it will arrive intacked, send any vital documents to the c.s.a reguarding assessments and you probably have more chance of getting run over than them recieving them.i know it happened,5 documents were requested by the c.s.a for my assessment,all sealed in Read more
Ex husband’s employer fails to send through payments
May 6, 2012
I am really annoyed again and it is always the same problem over and over. When will the csa develope a back bone and sort these companies out.
My ex husband as his payments deducted straight from his wages each month and 9 times out of 10 the company fails to sent the payments thtrough on time. The csa call them and they either say the cant discuss it or the payment as been sent. The csa give them the time to allow the payment if late to show up on there screen and when it still does not they call them when told they have to put it into writing the csa gives them Read more
Equal custody so no payments to be made
May 5, 2012
I find the CSA will say anything to get you off the phone!!! In January 2011 I had an altercation with my ex as she was unwilling to have our son over new year ( I should explain we have shared care 3 1/2 days each) this resulted in her contacting the CSA in anger and declairing I have little or no contact with my son, a few days later I get a schedule from the CSA to say I know need to make payments of £5 per week, I contacted the CSA explained we have equal custody and they agreed no payments to be made, I thought that was the end of that.
In april I get another scheduale saying my payments have increased to £21 per week, again rang up and explained i was told it was a system error and ignore it. In May the CSA had gone Read more
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