http://www.csahell.com/forums/ CSA advice forum » Tag: arrears - Recent Posts en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:03:29 +0000 http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/pwc-having-problems-getting-nrp-to-pay#post-4806 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:58:08 +0000 bilbop 4806@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>HI</p> <p>I have been fighting with the CSA for 10 years now for payments for my son. My ex husband has left jobs to dodge his responsibilities, gone undercover so he can&#039;t be found etc. The CSA seem to have little power to find him.</p> <p>He now owes over £9,000 and left his job again 8 mths ago. The CSA have just caught up with him and he says he is unemployed and has no income coming in. I know this is rubbish as he has a mortgage and other children to support but the CSA take his word for it and will not question what he says!</p> <p>Yet again my son misses out!</p> <p>This system that the CSA have is Unethical and I want to challenge it with the support of parents fighting for their children. I need strong backing from everyone who is having trouble from Non Resident parents that are dodging their responsibilities regarding paying for their children; be them male or female.</p> <p>If you have a CSA story please email me telling me your experience with the CSA. Please include your name and address( I may need to contact you) . If I can get enough evidence from people detailing how incompetent the CSA is I will contact my local MP and campaign to change the system. PLEASE BACK THIS CAUSE FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THE CHILDREN WHO ARE MISSING OUT!</p> <p>If anyone is interested in doing this with me please let me know. The more of us involved in this the better. I know how stressful dealing with the Child Support Agency is. Its 2012 and the agency is still as incompetent as when it started!</p> <p>If people are committing benefit fraud they face consequences. If people are not financially supporting their children they can walk away - this isn&#039;t right!</p> <p>PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR EXPERIENCES THAT YOU HAVE HAD WITH THE CSA (please include your name and address)</p> <p><a href="mailto:victoria.solihull@gmail.com">victoria.solihull@gmail.com</a> </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/will-csa-involvement-get-arrears-paid#post-4805 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:55:30 +0000 bilbop 4805@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>HI</p> <p>I have been fighting with the CSA for 10 years now for payments for my son. My ex husband has left jobs to dodge his responsibilities, gone undercover so he can&#039;t be found etc. The CSA seem to have little power to find him.</p> <p>He now owes over £9,000 and left his job again 8 mths ago. The CSA have just caught up with him and he says he is unemployed and has no income coming in. I know this is rubbish as he has a mortgage and other children to support but the CSA take his word for it and will not question what he says!</p> <p>Yet again my son misses out!</p> <p>This system that the CSA have is Unethical and I want to challenge it with the support of parents fighting for their children. I need strong backing from everyone who is having trouble from Non Resident parents that are dodging their responsibilities regarding paying for their children; be them male or female.</p> <p>If you have a CSA story please email me telling me your experience with the CSA. Please include your name and address( I may need to contact you) . If I can get enough evidence from people detailing how incompetent the CSA is I will contact my local MP and campaign to change the system. PLEASE BACK THIS CAUSE FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THE CHILDREN WHO ARE MISSING OUT!</p> <p>If anyone is interested in doing this with me please let me know. The more of us involved in this the better. I know how stressful dealing with the Child Support Agency is. Its 2012 and the agency is still as incompetent as when it started!</p> <p>If people are committing benefit fraud they face consequences. If people are not financially supporting their children they can walk away - this isn&#039;t right!</p> <p>PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR EXPERIENCES THAT YOU HAVE HAD WITH THE CSA (please include your name and address)</p> <p><a href="mailto:victoria.solihull@gmail.com">victoria.solihull@gmail.com</a> </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/ex-has-vanished-into-thin-air#post-4804 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:38:01 +0000 bilbop 4804@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>HI</p> <p>I have been fighting with the CSA for 10 years now for payments for my son. My ex husband has left jobs to dodge his responsibilities, gone undercover so he can&#039;t be found etc. The CSA seem to have little power to find him.</p> <p>He now owes over £9,000 and left his job again 8 mths ago. The CSA have just caught up with him and he says he is unemployed and has no income coming in. I know this is rubbish as he has a mortgage and other children to support but the CSA take his word for it and will not question what he says!</p> <p>Yet again my son misses out!</p> <p>This system that the CSA have is Unethical and I want to challenge it with the support of parents fighting for their children. I need strong backing from everyone who is having trouble from Non Resident parents that are dodging their responsibilities regarding paying for their children; be them male or female.</p> <p>If you have a CSA story please email me telling me your experience with the CSA. Please include your name and address( I may need to contact you) . If I can get enough evidence from people detailing how incompetent the CSA is I will contact my local MP and campaign to change the system. PLEASE BACK THIS CAUSE FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THE CHILDREN WHO ARE MISSING OUT!</p> <p>If anyone is interested in doing this with me please let me know. The more of us involved in this the better. I know how stressful dealing with the Child Support Agency is. Its 2012 and the agency is still as incompetent as when it started!</p> <p>If people are committing benefit fraud they face consequences. If people are not financially supporting their children they can walk away - this isn&#039;t right!</p> <p>PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR EXPERIENCES THAT YOU HAVE HAD WITH THE CSA (please include your name and address)</p> <p><a href="mailto:victoria.solihull@gmail.com">victoria.solihull@gmail.com</a> </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-2#post-1921 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:47:52 +0000 help2011 1921@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Ask for a breakdown of the how they calculate the arrears and the payments made, Can the case be taken to appeals again??? Does the order of appeals cover the years 08/09 or other years??? I would seek legal advice, the cab, and your mp. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-2#post-1917 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:22:42 +0000 Big Gaz 1917@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>The two year repayment is a guideline that case workers are put under pressure to stick to. It isn&#039;t law.</p> <p>Have a look at the website below. They might be able to help.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nacsa.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nacsa.co.uk/</a> </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-2#post-1915 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:10:46 +0000 Edz 1915@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>I am being screwed for arrears to a order that ended in 09/2009. I had an attachment of earnings for many, many years but have been ORDERED (bullied into) to pay £22:00 per week for the next 104 weeks. I begged the question as to how I have such arrears &amp; was fobbed off with aggressive intimidating responses &amp; told in no uncertain terms that if I did not agree to pay the arrears back at these rates, I would be forced to pay the arrears back at £101:50 per week until 04/2012. I even went to the appeals court in Leicester many years ago to contest arrears at the beginning of the order &amp; WON my case to have a deferment of arrears issued but this has not been recognised. I have therefore began to re-pay £2288 to THE SECRETARY OF STATE that I can ill afford to pay as it is! Does anybody have any suggestions please? </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-hell-to-pay-for-son-who-earns-more-than-me#post-1794 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:50:31 +0000 help2011 1794@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Are you paying off any arrears that may have been incurred????a child over 19yrs is too old for csa involvement - ask for a breakdown of payments and arrears they should provide you with this </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-hell-to-pay-for-son-who-earns-more-than-me#post-1792 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:05:30 +0000 RR 1792@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>I do not understand why you would still be paying for your son past his 19th birthday. I suggest to consider taking the CSA to tribunal - its a damned disgrace!!! </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1721 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:59:40 +0000 confusedsoul 1721@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>It might because I&#039;m the NRP but I found my local MP to be totally useless. They were no help at when I had an issue with the CSA machine and the reply provided no helpful information and the extra information they included was just a reprint of a CSA press release about how great the new system would be. </p> <p>What was my issue? I had been assessed under CSA1 but my ex had started a case for another child under CSA2. She stopped the case and instead of continuing to transfer me to CSA2 they left me on CSA1. Since then my ex re-opened her other case(s) and the CSA have been phasing my payments down from the CSA1 rate £61 to the CSA2 rate £35 - currently at £46 with 1 year of phasing to go. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1718 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:15:46 +0000 Tracy Gardner 1718@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>madbird try claiming inconsistant lifestyle, If you can prove he earns and lives well on his wages then the inconsistancies in his lifestyle should stand out and she should be made to pay... Ive been fighting for 9 years now and finally the CSA have managed to get an order on one of my x husbands properties and are going for a force of sale ... dig your heels in get the local MP involved too and keep fighting ! </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1715 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:05:52 +0000 x_madbird_x 1715@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Well, not to cause conflict guys, but I&#039;m on the complete opposite end of the scale. My daughters father does not/has not ever paid for her, even though CSA intervened as soon as I made a claim for income support nearly 15years ago. Although I went (HAD) to go back to work when my daughter was 3months old and had to finish work the day before I had her, I have never received a penny from him and the CSA have not been any use. The latest news (after mithering for years) is that he does not have to pay me anything, including arrears. Despite the fact that him and his fiance have a nice house, 2 cars, good careers and copious amounts of holidays per year. Fair enough, they have 3 children together (one of which is the same age as my daughter), but where is the justice for individual&#039;s such as myself that have had to struggle for almost 15years whilst people like that can carry on with their life like nothing is wrong. My opinion in regards to the way the CSA speak to absent fathers/mothers probably derives from the fact that ALOT of parents sherk their responsibilities and expect to go through life unscathed by their actions. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1688 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:40:56 +0000 select 1688@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>hi I have just been contacted by the csa and they said i owe them arrears from sept 2010 I have only just heard from them and have had no previous contact so where have they got this date from and if i have had no contact from them until 2 weeks ago how can they ask for arrears I will pay but the amount they are asking will put me out of work i called them but as everyone else says they dont want to know </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/annual-arrears-again#post-1466 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:01:32 +0000 kickboxer 1466@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Another day on and still no luck with these incompetant idiots. Although i did have to laugh as the idiot caseworker told me that i have to give 2 months notice if i am going to lose any overtime!!!! priceless </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/annual-arrears-again#post-1464 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:13:53 +0000 kickboxer 1464@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>OK so we aren't really getting anywhere here. I phoned them and have been told that inorder to get an extension on paying off these "arrears" i have to prove hardship. So when pressed as to how to go about that the caseworker says do you have a high rent?<br /> i answers yes i do. And thats it he says i'll pass it on to a manager as i can't say yes or no to an extension, pausing briefly he then says do you think your ex would wait to be paid these arrears???<br /> Wtf is that all about?<br /> Has anybody else heard this and been told that they need a manager to give permission?<br /> OR being asked if their ex will wait for arrears to be paid?<br /> I suspect its more lies and i did point out that their request to pay arrears back in 12 months is a guideline only....again you couldn't invent this shit </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/annual-arrears-again#post-1449 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:33:21 +0000 kickboxer 1449@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Well thats great they(the csa) phoned my dad, who normally deals with my affairs, yesterday and are already talking about a deo!!! currently that will lift my payments even higher.<br /> You couldn't write this crap. They are using the usual tactics being abrupt and trying to get us to rise so they can claim we're unreasonable. We are recording conversations now and next time they say get a loan or use a credit card we'll report them to the fia. small justice but makes them smart a bit. Equally anymore bull on deo's and whatever else they think they can do we'll take it as a threat.<br /> Have you seen the price of property and the cost of living in Bulgaria....very very tempting!!! </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/annual-arrears-again#post-1448 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:13:07 +0000 kickboxer 1448@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Another year another set of arrears. Despite paying since day 1 and supplying all the information they request when they request it. This time they "miss calculated" last years assessment. So here i am with a debt i didn't incur and they want it back in 12months. This means my payments jump £250 per month. It also appears i was re assessed this year on last years wage slips.<br /> I feel they have yet again failed to follow procedeure. My basic payments have gone up £100 per month as well.<br /> What is really urking me is in the last 12 months i have had 2 investigations 1 complaint and now this. Obviously my ex requests re assessments regularly. I would really like them to leave me alone. I find my resolve starting to crumble. If she wants more money why can't she go out and get a job??<br /> There are about 950,000 of us having money stolen from us every month and we don't have a voice. What would happen if those of us who are stolen from by standing order cancelled that order the day before collection then re-instated a few days later??<br /> As of this moment in time i'm screwed but have a plan. It will take a little while to do but will reduce my payments to the minimum. I have no qualms about that as in the last 4 years i have paid £20000 in maintenance and she took all in the divorce and i mean all.<br /> I live in a bedsit sleeping on a settee and have limited access to my kids as she moved away to be with her new husband. I have no car and can't afford train fares often. I do cycle alot and the 50 miles is only about 3.5 hours ride time....any contact is good.<br /> Next year it gets worse for us as nrp's..if you haven't heard or checked out the cmec website and their draconian powers have a look its bad news. And don't contemplate dying because they can take any arrears out of your estate.<br /> My advice is get out the system now anyway you can because next year its not just our money they will take its your liberty and whatever limited freedom we have. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-hell-to-pay-for-son-who-earns-more-than-me#post-1423 Tue, 31 May 2011 07:17:59 +0000 Spennny1 1423@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>She can be contacted on the below, </p> <p><a href="http://www.mariamiller.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mariamiller.co.uk/</a></p> <p>This is the article where she is admiting that it just doesnt work</p> <p><a href="http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/opinion/comment/the-current-child-maintenance-system-does-not-work" rel="nofollow">http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/opinion/comment/the-current-child-maintenance-system-does-not-work</a> </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-hell-to-pay-for-son-who-earns-more-than-me#post-1415 Mon, 30 May 2011 06:26:13 +0000 craftypig 1415@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>How do we contact this maria Miller, does anyone know? </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1409 Fri, 27 May 2011 10:27:58 +0000 Spennny1 1409@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>The CSA will only start the claim from the date that they have been contacted by the other parent, </p> <p>I was contacted on 24th March 2011 this year after my ex found out i had since been newley married, i had been for my son on a monthly basis what i could afford (£75)</p> <p>They do not take this into account,even if the other party are on benefits, its from the initial date </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1396 Thu, 26 May 2011 07:17:18 +0000 help2011 1396@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>We are in a very similar situation my husbands ex informed us he was the paternal farth of her 13 yr old daughter as the mother is unemployed and always has been she gets full legal advice etc - we paid for DNA and paternity was confirmed, we got to know this girl and financially supported her clothes, food etc then the mother used a simplistic issue she became unhappy and decided we were not to see her anymore then we get the csa letter which makes me think with your call it isn't quite genuine ask them to contact you in writing, we have also 2 children from the new ruling we have to pay 15% of whatever my husband earns after the first 20% (due to having 2 children of our own)which is quite a sum but my wages are not taken into account and they work it from the mothers first contact, we also live on the breadline so to speak and cannot afford the additional costs whilst she enjoys free legal advice, our monies from csa, free college, and all her single parent benefits - I too can not see what we can actually do and am very worried about the situation </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1395 Wed, 25 May 2011 22:36:06 +0000 Big Gaz 1395@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Don't panic, and don't be pressured into paying anything now. As a first step ask for an account breakdown, which will show where any arrears have built up. It's also possible to ask for your case files to be sent to you, so you can see where contact attempts have been made. There are also various complaints procedures that you can follow. You might consider contacting the NACSA too (Google it for their website.) </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1394 Wed, 25 May 2011 20:49:10 +0000 alimarie05 1394@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>they're ringing my husband back tomorrow morning so we will have to see what they say. i'm just terrified about how much they'll be asking for and whether our children will suffer from having not much money left. i know his daughter should have had the money and my husband regrets not paying but should any kids have to suffer. we dont go out only have the odd luxury's and look after our kids well. if they try to claim back money owed for 17 years i'm terrified on what the repayments will be as i said earlier my husbands only knowledge of contact is today, but i just know they're gonna say its not. her mum never claimed income support or anything as it was never needed so its not technically government debt and has been in a relationship with someone else for 15 years who his daughter knew as her dad until 15. i know he has to pay but is there anything we can say or do to keep the payments to a minimum if they put a 40% aeo on his wages before long we'll lose our home.......everything. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1392 Wed, 25 May 2011 19:15:35 +0000 Big Gaz 1392@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Alimarie, this sounds a bit dodgy. Initially, you'd be better asking this person to contact you in writing. Also ask their name and the team they work on. This will enable the person to be identified and you can also complain about the bad attitude.</p> <p>If it is a genuine call, then what happens will depend on when the case started. If it's before March 2003, it will be old rules and your income can be taken into account. If it is after that date then it is a new rules case and your income cannot be included in the assessment.</p> <p>However, your child tax credits can be included, but only if the parent with care asks for this or you husband volunteers the information.</p> <p>If the child has been adopted (and I'd expect your husband to have received court papers if it had) then his liability would cease at the time of the adoption. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-just-contacted-us#post-1390 Wed, 25 May 2011 17:43:56 +0000 alimarie05 1390@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>my husband and i have been together nearly 9 years and have 2 children together and he has a daughter from a previous relationship. this afternoon my husband recieved a nasty phone call from someone claiming to be from the csa asking for his NI number. he was very busy and told the women he couldnt talk as he was at work and despite the bad attitude from the caller she agreed to take his mobile number and call back tomorrow. his daughter is now 19 (they split when she was 6 months) and admittedly he hasnt really made a payment for his daughter,he was told to keep away and he was young and foolish and thought if she wont let me see her i'm not paying. a few years later he was also told that her stepdad was adopting her but we dont know if this ever happened or not however his daughter has changed her surname from my husbands to her mums surname. this call has come completely out of the blue as my husband has had no contact with the csa before.<br /> we both work have our 2 children a mortgage, a car, bills etc and are financially stretched at the moment and i am terrified they are going to ask for the money backdated all them years ago. any extra outgoings at the moment are going to be hard never mind the rediculous amounts ive been reading on google.<br /> I found a few posts differed as to when the csa take the start date of the claim from so i gave them a call refused to give any details and just queried as to when a claim starts and i was told by them its when they first contact the father which would be from today, but I have also read that the csa lie and make things up and change things to suit them and get more money</p> <p>his daughter is now 19 and living away from home so the only reason they have for contacting him is if its arrears which he knew nothing about. how can he prove that he didnt receive anything???????</p> <p>i have also read that they can take my earnings into account and take from our childrens tax credits too. is this true and do i have to give them my details by law????</p> <p>sorry for the rant guys and i am not saying my husband was right in not paying but they were always financially sound (better then what my husband was) and my father in law always went to see them and helped out with money for holidays and trips and things. not much i know.<br /> just really need some advise on how to deal with the csa they have a very bad reputation and we dont want to be duped into anything by there tactics </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-hell-to-pay-for-son-who-earns-more-than-me#post-1362 Sat, 21 May 2011 18:20:57 +0000 walker1958 1362@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>I did not know this Maria Miller existed and intend to contact her hopefully by email, I have had hell with the CSA they have put me into arrears due to my shift patterns as I work 4 on 4 off and earned double time as my shift landed on xmas, they went into my bank account and into my credit cards and asked me to pay the arrears via credit card, they have hounded us as we are the ones that pay without fail, I arranged for it to come off my wages so when it was gone it was gone, un yet my partner has her ex who is self employed got business everywhere abroad etc and earns god knows how much but they are saying they cannot get him as he is not giving them a permenant address so the cannot prosecute and also the businesses are in his girlfriends name, although he has a house which is paid for he has told them he rents it out and the paperwork was stolen by the previous tennents regarding his earnings etc, he has also failed to turn up for 5 appointments with the CSA you are right the CSA should be abolished it is an outrage, we barely make ends meet as it is in the current climate, but my partner hangs on there sticking by me I have started a petition on <a href="http://www.mypetition" rel="nofollow">http://www.mypetition</a> website I am looking for 5000 plus signatures to get this stopped or at least for the CSA to take into consideration Rent/Mortgages and Council tax before making their deductions if you would sign and anyone else once I get the signatures I am looking for I then intend to personally hand them to the House of Commons and get something up and running, one person cannot change the world but surely 5000 can if you have any problems lets get together you will get me through facebook on tracy walker or <a href="mailto:walker1958@btinternet.com">walker1958@btinternet.com</a> </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-hell-to-pay-for-son-who-earns-more-than-me#post-1360 Fri, 20 May 2011 20:26:01 +0000 thomasrhysbedfords dad 1360@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>I am being hounded by the CSA to make payments for my 25-year-old son who works as a solicitor and earns more than I do.<br /> Through his mother's actions I have not seen him since he was age eight. i have paid in the region of £40,000 since.<br /> I repeatedly asked the CSA for a statement - I feel it was my right to know how much i had to pay.<br /> I heard nothing and two years ago, after taking legal advice, I stopped making the £300-a-month payments. My son was 23 - it seemed fair to me and most right thinking people.<br /> Two years later i have received a letter from a firm of bailiffs acting for the CSA saying I must pay £5,000 within seven days or they are coming to seize my property.<br /> Will this nightmare never end?<br /> I have resumed making payments but this time I am fighting back.<br /> The Government minister responsible for the CSA Maria Miller MP has gone on the record saying it destroys families and that it doesn't work. It has never achieved what it was set up to do - catch irresponsible runaway fathers.<br /> I have written to Ms Miller - I urge you to do the same. Carry on writing until the CSA is abolished. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-query-please-help#post-1231 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:24:04 +0000 munchkinmama 1231@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Poor you! The csa are uncaring if thye leave you homeless starving and kids on the street! They almost brought my hubby and me to seperate as we couldnt afford the figure they wanted with the arrears that appeared!! My hubby was clinically depressed from 2000 to 2005 he was in no state to talkk to csa or anyone for much of this time and was signed off so not paying csa and his ex opted in and out. They found arrears from this period recently so we owe £2500 now. when we wrote and explained and gave his p45s to them as proof of not working they didnt want to know as he had not contacted them saying he was off sick!!! We tried everything to help our selves but to no avail. My advice would be to go to citizens advice and maybe call one of the csa lawyer specialists for a free consult and gather all advice and then through it at them. Good luck </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-query-please-help#post-1228 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:29:40 +0000 stug1978 1228@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Here is a quick history about my case. I was made Redundant in February 2010 and was unemployed until August 2010. I had stopped my £182pm CSA payments between these dates as obviously i had no income except job seekers allowance. I had no contact whatsoever with the daughter in this time and until now have had no contact despite numerous attempts to see her. </p> <p> After being re-employed as i was not seeing my daughter and seen no light on the horizon that i would see her any time soon i did not contact the CSA as to me being re-employed. They contacted me again on the 15th November asking for wages slips as this is when the mother called for the case to be re-assessed. I sent them wage slips with two average monthly wages (around £1350) this included overtime and bonuses. I then received a letter telling me i would have to pay £46 per week from the 15 Nov 2010. It was now 25th January. This was fine as this was roughly what i was paying before i was made redundant.</p> <p>I then received a letter on the 15th February telling me i was £2712 in arrears and i was to call them immediately (which i did) i did not agree at all with the arrears amount as i was unemployed from the February to the August and as far as i am aware they cant claim arrears from before the mother asks for the case to be re-assessed (WHICH WAS 15TH NOV 2010).</p> <p>I have now received a letter on the 3rd April demanding a one off payment of £456.06 payment to be paid by the 4th April then my regular monthly amount of £196.54 and on top of this i have also to pay £226.00 totalling £422.54 per month. </p> <p>So.....my question is am i correct in thinking that my arrears should only be calculated from the 15th November 2010 till now (APRIL 2011) as this is what i was told by one of the CSA agents when i called them after receiving the first letter from the CSA. Also is there no way no negotiate with how much you pay back your arrears. Paying this amount per month will leave me homeless and penniless. Surely this is not legal? </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-arrears-and-more-arrears#post-1169 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:13:20 +0000 peter546 1169@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Do not deal with them on the phone! You need to be quoting your previous letters to them and enclosing copies (you will have to refer to your phone calls) and ask for a complete break down of your account with them. Enclose a copy of their letter saying their are no arrears and give them fourteen days to provide the complete break down or you will refer the matter for Judicial Review.</p> <p>Also write to the CSA in Longbenton asking for a complete copy of your file, including all computer and clerical records, under the Data Protection Act, enclose a postal order for £10. They will send you a complete copy of your file but it will take about a month to come. Also ask for the computer log to be properly dated.</p> <p>That gets you started. Come back to us if/when you need more info. Also join us a CsaHell on Facebook. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/arrears-arrears-and-more-arrears#post-1166 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:09:44 +0000 mattinho 1166@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Ask for a breakdown of the arrears. </p>