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1. jango
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   hi folks, get comfy... make a brew...

   right here is my situation ... i have a child who is 10 with a girl who was a one stand, she wanted nothing from me and i didnt want to know at the time.... i then met someone and settled down and had 2 children with her... that relationship ended after her unfaithfullness after 7 years... i am now with my present partner and she is due to give birth to my fourth child in 2 weeks time , she also has another child from a previous marriage that lives with us who is autistic.... now i currently have my 2 children from my previous relationship stay with me at least twice a week and they also stay with my mum once or twice a week (still in the care of my family not hers)... we have an agreement between us in that i pay her £250 per month for the kids (which is half of the rent on her house so the kids have somewhere to stay)... this is done via a standing order and is completely traceable... now today i have found out that the mother of my first child has now decided to contact the csa after finding out i have another child on the way.... i have not had contact with my first child regularly for basically 10 years, she never wanted anything from me and was happy that i wasnt in his life ... but she did contact the csa when he was born when things were really bad between us...

   so basically what im looking for is how much im looking at paying ?
   10 years worth of backpay?
   and what will i pay for normal payments based upon my circumstances with a £348 a week wage after tax etc.
   will my other children be taken into account and will i have to pay for them through the csa aswell now they are involved, even if we have a traceable agreement ?

   i know this all sounds like something from the jeremy kyle show... but its all real life... iv never been on benifits or anything like that and always worked and paved my own way... just that things are already really tight financially and i just want to see what im gonna be looking at.

   iv tried the csa's online calculator thing but it doesnt give enough options to cover my situation

   thanks for any help and advice in advance

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. Indeego
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   Okay this is all quite simple really. Given your current situation and not changing anything that is currently in place with the standing order you will be paying for the 1 child through CSA at 15% of net after the child that lives with you is taken into account which means they will not use 15% (rising to 20% on birth of your new child as there will be 2 children living in your household) of your net as part of the calculation. So CSA will calculate based upon £295.80 per week of your income, payment to the one child will be at 15% of £295 = £44.37 per week with that child staying no nights.
   Other payments made out side of CSA will not come into the equation, nor will any other child being paid for be brought into the count. Essentially making this a simple one child calculation.
   Also the payments will be from the day the claim has been made, not since the child was born, so there will not be 10 years of back pay.
   You can continue with paying the one through CSA and the other two standing order.

   On the other hand you can pay all 3 through CSA (not sure if the mother of the other 2 has to make the claim or if you can put in for payment, bearing in mind that in this case the mother will be getting less, as explained below) which will work out currently at 25% of your net after the 15% is removed so in total for all 3 you will pay 25% of £295 = £73.75 per week (this is the top end figure and would be reduced with the number of nights having the 2 children, which is slightly more complex as it is not all children staying so CSA will advise on that). This will go to the CSA and they will pay your first child at 1/3 of this ie. £24.58 per week and the other two at £49.16 per week (although reduced due to the number of nights they stay with you).

   I hope that goes someway to clarifying your situation and please bear in mind these are projected figures and not 100% accurate, but to give a good idea of your position.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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