My husband has been advised by the CSA that he has £19k of arrears dating back to 1994. He has always paid maintenance by standing order to his ex wife, which was an agreed amount between both of them, so we can't understand why the CSA are even involved. The amount he was paying (his kids are now 23 and 21)is not as much as the CSA said he should have been paying, but I don't see how this matters if it was agreed between both of them. We contacted our MP and they also contacted the CSA on his behalf and they reviewed the amount and reduced it (they originally said it was £35k)! However they are demanding that he pay it in full or they will apply for a court order and get the baliffs in! I am really worried about this as we have a 4 year old daughter and my husband has just been made redundant. He is willing to pay it off as much as we can afford but they say it's not enough. If the baillifs do come in can they take goods from the house even though effectively they are half mine and it's not my debt. Can the court order you to sell your house even though it's a part buy / part rent property and the mortgage is in joint names? I think it's disgusting that a Government agency doesn't care that they could be making people homeless, not caring if you get into vast amounts of debt (they have said he can pay by credit card) and causing children to live in poverty, which we will be the case if this all goes their way. Please can anyone help with any advice at all as we have found them so frustrating to deal with. Many thanks.