http://www.csahell.com/forums/ CSA advice forum: Recent Topics en Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:47:02 +0000 http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/fight#post-57 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:47:17 +0000 hsa1 57@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>dear friends, I will support the fight against CSA becouse of the hell they have and is putting me through.They claim my arrears is around £8000 and now have passed it to the collections. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/group-action-against-secretary-of-state#post-16 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:12:57 +0000 mwt666 16@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>If you are, like myself, being screwed by the CSA because you been caught up in the "old" system and find yourself and your family out of pocket by some considerable amount - then it's time to take action rather than spout hot air.</p> <p>Although there is soon to be yet another system in operation through CMEC, there have been two sytems of child maintenance in operation since March 2003 (five long years). I know I am preaching to those already familiar, however, despite what the Government may say, there are Human Rights issues here as the assessments on each system in many case fiffer by hundreds of pound per month (my case for example, have just been assessed at £512pcm (from £340pcm!) - under the simpler CS2 calculations, the monthly assessment would be £215pcm.!)This not only affects myself in this instance, but my family also.</p> <p>Although I acknowledge that maintenance is important, I want the assessments to be fair and proportionate.</p> <p>I know it affects many thousands out there too.</p> <p>I have therefore made enquiries as to a possible Group Action as the legalities of these two systems running concurrently, must be tenuous to say the least. As such, a Judicial Review is needed under the Human Rights Act.</p> <p>Although not by any means definite, I am aware of a high profile Human Rights lawyer who would be interested in taking an action such as this on. Indeed, he would relish the prospect of another victory against the Secretary of State.</p> <p>A case of this magnitude is not something Gordon Brown would need, let's be honest.</p> <p>However, to bring a Group Action requires a group (strangely enough). We therefore need to get together and take action.</p> <p>Please respond if anyone feels they have a case and want to take this further, rather than posting the odd grumblings.</p> <p>Cheers </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/ex-husbands-step-children#post-53 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:50:40 +0000 Au pair 53@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>My Ex Husband remarried woman with 4 children from 3 previous marriges , All children recieve csa payments from their bio Dads So can someone help me to understand why my two childrens csa payment has been reduced by over £100 a month to help my Ex Husband care for his new step family when their Dads already pay for them ?? or if there is someone reading this with the same question ?? </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/an-abusive-governement-agency#post-20 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:36:58 +0000 MoneyHell 20@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>I need to own up straightaway. I stopped paying the CSA 4 years ago after a brief period of unemployment. When back in work I continued not to pay. This week i received a demand from them for £33,331. When I called them I was bluntly told that I must start to pay £616 per month or they would immediately send out a deduction of earnings order to my employer. They were not willing to listen to my personal cirumstances only interested in frightening me into paying any amount either by credit card, loan or remortgage.The case worker I dealt with was in a state of hard nosed detachment whilst she administered this dehumanised process in pursuit of some arbitrary financial target. I made a mistake in not facing my financial responsibilities a mistake for which the CSA seemed determined to make it impossible for me to reach some sensible solution. I am speaking to an Insolvency Practitioner and going into an IVA and switching to an interest only mortgage in order to raise the money. Of course this is disastrous for my current family and no regard is given to the children we brought up over the past 4 years. So I am crucified with guilt for not making the payments and crucified with guilt for the penuary I am forcing on my current family. So here I am an absent "deadbeat dad" who has been "...come down on like a ton of bricks." Or maybe I'm just a human being that made a mistake in a low, unhappy period of their life. The CSA has become an all powerful, crushing and destructive blight on what I suspect are some of our most vulnerable people in society. Its aims are astonishingly punitive to the absent parent who very often is providing care to children in a new family. This is abusive government power gome mad. I am simply left in a situation that I cannot redeem my previous poor behaviour without severe hardship to those loved ones around me who know nothing of my former irresponsible and feckless self. In dealing with the CSA all humanity and sensitivity to ordinary people has been removed and it very well may be creating more child poverty than it alleviates as poeple lead complicated lives and nobody has ever bothered to check. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/do-expenses-count#post-49 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:06:51 +0000 sar2them 49@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>My partner ha had major problems with the CSA - to cut a long story short they started by saying he owed £17,000 (where they got that figure from we dont know) and that they would be taking £70 odd pound a week. When he said that we wouldnt afford this the slapped on a deductions of earnings order.</p> <p>They then reassessed the claim, had all our pay slips etc and said we should be paying £51 a week which included £25 a week off the arrears. We had a nother letter come through confirming this but it stated he would be paying it direct to them. He phoned to query this as we are currently under DEO to be told that that figure they had come up with was wrong and he should be paying £87 a week but "we probably wont get that because it will take you under your protected earnings" and they notified us we would be recieving a letter within the next few months fromtheir arrears section.</p> <p>Anyway his employers have only been able to give them £52 a week (anything more would take him under protected earning limit) but heres the problem. He works with vulnerable adults in the community and uses his car for work. He puts in around £40 petrol a week but gets back a proprtion of this as expenses at the end of the month tax free (it works out to be around £100 he gets back) this weeks wages have gone into his account and low and behold only his protected earnings have gone in. He phoned up his payroll dept to find out where his expenses are to be told that the CSA class these as earnings adn because they have not been recieving the full amount they requested his employers have had to use this to pay the CSA the rest of the amount which is owed. </p> <p>Is this legal? i mean this means that he is losing out by having to use his car for work - he makes a loss onthe petrol as it is but at least we recouped some of this back but now we are £140 worse off as we are not getting any of his expenses back. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/complaint-letter-to-judy-cass#post-41 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:05:25 +0000 admin 41@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>I sent a complaint letter in to Judi Cass (or Judy Cass as it also says on the letter from her) a few weeks ago and was told they'd reply in 15 working days, which is next week.</p> <p>Just wanted to know if anyone else has dealt with her before? </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/this-is-what-the-csa-do-to-people#post-40 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:00:35 +0000 csa-hell 40@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Received a letter today from my Local MP and a reply from the CSA. This is the last straw as they just don't give a damn! I was setting up my own business with help from different organisations and it was going well before the CSA walked into my life again.</p> <p>Today decided to scrap all plans because I just can't take the stress and the new look of the site is a result. How long are they going to continue to destroy lives before the Government put a stop to it?</p> <p>You can view my site here: <a href="http://www.wildfashions.co.uk/catalogue" rel="nofollow">www.wildfashions.co.uk/catalogue</a> </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/urgent-please-read#post-44 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:45:04 +0000 csa-hell 44@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>It is of the utmost importance that you DO NOT just come and pass through these forums without leaving your mark. We cannot fight the CSA alone, we need to fight together and we need to do it in one place!</p> <p>If you or your family have been affected by the CSA you have to let people know about it. The more damning stories about how this unjust, uncaring, unfair and immoral oprganisation acts, the more chance of getting something done about it.</p> <p>DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT!!! Leave your story here and let people know about it!<br /> BOOKMARK THIS SITE! Keep coming back and give updates or advice when you can!<br /> THINK! How do we beat them?</p> <p>Everyone that has a brain knows what the CSA are and they certainly are NOT a supporter of children!</p> <p>WE NEED TO FIGHT AND WE NEED TO START FIGHTING HARD NOW! </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/been-asked-for-arrears-at-a-stupid-amount-i-cant-afford#post-24 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:10:25 +0000 tina1970 24@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>the csa recently contacted me asking for child maintainace which i agree i might have to pay them. even though i have our daughter an my ex husband has our son! i work an his been long term unemployed. but the are insisting i pay 40% off my wages to them stuff what i can afford is the the attidude i got from them! when i phoned an asked to pay off the arrears at the amount i could afford.even offered to set the direct debit up there an then they would not agree!. so should i just quit work? as it seems thats the only way i can get out off paying the arrears off at such a high level! </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/need-advice#post-33 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:56:15 +0000 Totally lost 33@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>I've just been told by the CSA that because they have taken 5 years to assess my claim that I now owe them £17,000 pounds. During this time they never contacted either me or my ex-partner. This only came to light last week when they had £550 from my wages I never had any prior notice of this. I am now in the situation that I may have to give up work </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/one-way-system#post-15 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:01:38 +0000 cjp666 15@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>My partner has just been re-assessed by the CSA. He was paying £340.00 for one child now they expect us to pay them £500.00 a month. We have a daughter together and I have a son from a previous marriage. They do not even take into consideration whether we have any debts to consider. We are on the "old system" and that's the way it is. Your wage has gone up by £40 a week so therefore your ex should get this. Surely my daughter should get half the benefit of this. Her housing costs are high apparently compared to her weekly wage. May be that's because she works part-time and her new partner of pays all the bills!! They don't take his earnings into consideration but they take mine. His would only be taken into consideration if they a child together. They have and she is five years old. She has started through every application that she was single with two children. When we pointed this out yesterday we were told that wasn't their problem and this was in the past! We have arrears of £2,000.00 and now they expect us to pay these off on top of the new amount they want off us a month. When you ask for answers and explanations you are told "because that is the way it is". We even had one case worker telling us how to get on the new system but would mean me and my partner splitting up and me making a claim against him. What extremes you have to go through and I would not put my children through that!! When my partner spoke to a Case Worker yesterday he was sniggering down the phone. I am glad they find our lives so amusing!! </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/mistake-by-csa-has-put-me-in-debt-by-16000#post-32 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:42:16 +0000 dannlol 32@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Hi i have happily paid every time the csa has told me i had to pay but about 3 years ago they gave me a nil assessment which again i was very happy with. Now three years later they have tole me that there was a mistake three years ago and i should have been paying all along this was after i had asked them to check my assessmenmt at least 9 times, and was assured the nil assessment was correct. I am now being told i have to pay £75 a week and i owe £16.000 can i do anything about the mistake they have made (i am aware that i can appeal and intend doing so ) but what are my chances of success</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Laurence </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/csa-causing-us-trouble#post-26 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:04:20 +0000 louise 26@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>got a letter from csa yesterday saying my husband owes nearly £900 for our son, now a bit of background we had our son when we where 16 i lived with my parents for 2 years and claimed income support, my husband was supposed to pay about £5 per week, he did for a while but then wrote to the csa saying he would pay me direct, never heard nothing back, and eventually we moved in together. One day a couple of years later, we got a letter to our new address saying he owed money to them, we phoned them and told them we where now a family unit etc and they said they had no change of circumstances and put us through to the fraud unit, my husband was luckily able to think quickly and said to them if you have no change of circumstances then how do you have our new address? also he asked them the telep[hone number they had for us and it was our new number, so with this proving they did infact have our new details they said they would close the case, we recieved letters to this effect aswell which now have been lost having moved a couple of times since.<br /> So back to the present, we got this letter yesterday threatening that if he doesnt pay up immediatly they have the power to freeze our banks, suspend his driving license and even send him to jail. How can this happen after them closing the case? I am very scared of possible outcomes of this, also how did they get our address? the letter yesterdayw as sent to my mums house where we used to live untill we did a mutual exchange but we where never listed on the electoral role at that address. Please could someone advise us, also my husband has just been made redundant, im already depressed and on medication which incidently was put up yesterday coz im just not coping, and now this. My husband spoke to the csa before and the woman said they have no record of any letters closing the case, YEAH RIGHT. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/welcome-to-the-csa-advice-forum#post-3 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:44:58 +0000 admin 3@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>This forum has been setup to provide advice and help for people when dealing with the child support agency. Any questions you have or problems you may experience you can post here.</p> <p>Ask a question, you'll find an answer.</p> <p>Even if you just want to moan about something, we'll listen. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/c-s-a-demands#post-12 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:55:49 +0000 scotty 12@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>i have two charges against my home yesterday i received a demand for £2505.00 (witch is one of them but wrong amount) that if i didnt contact them within 7 days i could go to prison for 42 days or lose my leicence for 2 years i phoned straight away my case officer was not there and was told he would phone me today he hasnt i told them my case was with the ombudsman didnt want to know can you advise me of my next move </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/chased-for-csa-payments-when-i-have-no-children-at-school-or-college#post-10 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:51:45 +0000 AndrewLR 10@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>I have been having problems with the C.S.A. I have over the past couple of months been sent various letters demanding payment for £526, for arrears for my daughter. I have called the C.S.A three times in connection with this issue, as both my children are in full time work.<br /> Previous to recieving these letters, I had a private agreement with my ex wife, who may I add, forgot to tell me that my daughter had left school and was now working full time.<br /> My ex wife apparently contacted the C.S.A in January saying that I have not paid, and as we all know the C.S.A take on the case for the day of the phone call.<br /> So the up shot of this is, I have proof of payment of the money to my ex wife (cheque stubs and bank account details) Last payment being in March of this year, I then stopped paying as my daughter had left school and was now working. I am now being chased for April/ May payments....is it right that I have to pay, even though my daughetr left full time education on the 4th April 2008.(I have a letter from the school to confirm this)<br /> Each time I call the C.S.A someone says they will sort it out, then all that happens is I recieve another letter demanding this money..I have no been threatened with a debit on my salary.<br /> Help Please !!!! </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/parents-abroad-escape-paying#post-4 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:48:50 +0000 admin 4@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>According to to this story here: <a href="http://www.csahell.com/parents-living-abroad-escape-csa-50.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.csahell.com/parents-living-abroad-escape-csa-50.html</a></p> <p>parents abroad escape paying the CSA more often that parents in the UK. The money owed from parents in other countries is ridiculous, over £26 million. </p> http://www.csahell.com/forums/topic/court#post-5 Thu, 08 May 2008 17:22:17 +0000 steve 5@http://www.csahell.com/forums/ <p>Been up to court last friday Third time. last two times was told should have legal aid public funded.any way third time up in front of a single magistraight wilful refusal any way they tried me in court even with my not guilty plea..when i asked the magistraight why he hads tried me on a not guilty plea. His reply was this case would just go back and forth some one had to do something.they wanted 11.000 going back to 1999. and 44.000 areares......I got to pay£5 perweek and six week suspended sentence on default. I thought prison sentence was a criminal matter. that should leed to legal aid. what redress do i have now. I have not worked since going bankrupt in 1999.the first liability order was the week after. </p>