CSA keep making mistakes with money

November 23, 2009

My partner has recently started hearing from the CSA and they really have no idea.

My partner has 3 children with 2 diffrent mothers.

his 1st boy he has not seen for 13 years through no choice of his own! but has upon hearing from the CSA in september 09 the total owed for him is £1,286.38. this is the first incounter this year from the CSA as a previouse year my partener recived a letter for over £13,000 for this same child. this may sound good as it has dropped alot but we were told that the £13,000 wasnt owed at all as the mother wanted my partner to have no contact so she wanted no money. but they are still after £1,286.38 the letter recived for saying this much is owed has come in form of a threat ‘Warning leagal action’ the letter states my partner needs to pay call the number above credit or debit card will do.

What a joke who in thier right mind would pick up the phone and pay that off if they could afford it for a child they have been refused to see and the mother doesnt want the money anyway. (so where would the money go)

we then recived another letter 2 days later stating ‘the child maintenance is no longer in force’ reason why ‘the mother told us that they dont want the application or case to continue’ then a further 2 days later we recive a letter saying the weekly ammount to pay is £16.66 for the 1st child? even though the child is out of education and access has still be refused. then october comes another threating letter is recived saying pick up the phone and pay £1,483.04 ‘you could even go to prison’ what the hell is going on.

one second its £1,286.38 then we get told not to worry its not wanted then its £16.66 a week for the child although out of education then its jumped back up to £1,483.04

Can anybody figure this out as we have no idea what to do, hours on the phone you think you have got some where but then another letter changes all that.

Sadly thats just the first boys case.

My partner has a further two boys (twins) he has them every weekend and over the holidays when he can. when the twins were born the mum was reciving £100 a week cash nothing to do with the CSA. 5 years on its dropped to £40 a week still cash in hand no CSA but now they want to stick thier nose we recived further letters saying to pay £33.34 a week for the twins. and tried telling us that in 10 months payment recived to the mother had been £146.96

where did they get that from the actuall ammount is £1,600 we told them £40 a week is payed. now they have sent a letter saying were to pay £40 a week and its ‘thier decision’ BUT WE TOLD THEM THAT!

nothing they say or do makes any sence if you can figure it out or help please do.

Comments

  • mrscrash says:

    if i were u if you if your partner is going to carry on paying cash, make sure he pays it into her bank so he has prroof, my partner was doing this with his ex, and beacuse i got pregnant..8 years after hey split.. she decided to go to the csa and say he hadnt paid for all theses years so he now has £7500 of debt to pay off because of that lieing cow.
    i dont no whats going on with ur case hun but it just seems none of them seem to no what the hell their doing..when we wa trying to reduce my partners payment..basically they had left us £80 a month for us to both live on and bring a baby up on, we were making phone call after phone call and everyone was just fobbing us off.
    it seems they couldnt give a shit if the father has another family to bring up..he now pays £600 a month that is more than our rent and council tax..

  • mark b says:

    It sounds like i’m in the same boat, i reieved a letter stating thta i wasnt paying enough to go towards my arrears?? i sent an email asking about the arrears, ten i got a phone call the next day asking for a payment togo towards my arrears. the csa aked for £1000 over the phone, i cant afford that. they asked if there was a friend or relative that i could borrow the money off, im payign £275 a month ant they want an extra £313 on top of what i’m paying, this will bancrupt me i simply cant afford to pay anymore. please help

  • chall says:

    Hi Michelle2,

    Re; 1st child’s case.

    Maintenance and child support are not connected.

    How old is child 1?
    When did the agency first become involved in this case?

    Re; The twins .

    It appears that the agency are not taking into account the cash payments made by your OH.

    Did the agency calculate the liability on this case?

    Is the payment method, direct pay?

    – Your OH needs to establish whether the alleged arrears for both cases are correct.
    Apply for his Data Protection file, there’s a template letter in the downloads section at http://www.afairercsaforall.co.uk – send it signed for and keep copies.

    You also welcome to join us in the forum.

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