Comments on: How can we avoid paying the CSA?

By: steven mcallister

steven mcallister — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:18:14 +0000

hi there im in a situation where i have a 10 year old son to a mother who is and will be permanently unemployed due to the fact of drug addiction.Although my question is the csa take£119 per calender month from me directly from my employer through some schedule they have with them.
anybody any ideas how i can stop this its killing me financially.

Any emails would be appreciated guys.

By: g* dad

g* dad — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:51:58 +0000

i am nearly 30 yrs old and in a new relationship.my 1st child was born when i was 15yrs old and my partner was 16yrs old.the csa startted chasing me up for maintenance money.i drafted up a letter saying that i was a really nasty dangerous criminal with a few outstanding court cases which would without doubt mean that i would have to do a few years in prison.basicly putting across that if i were to be chased up for maintenance, harm could come to the mother of my child etc etc etc.i then got the mother to post the letter and in return 2 weeks later she recieved a reply stating that they would not persue child maintenance becuase they were made aware that possible or probable harm could or would come to her or the child……..this needless to say was enough to keep them of our backs indefinetly! although the measures were drastic and untrue to an extent it did work.. .. and not just the once to the one girl. however my children want for nothing and financially speaking are more than fine,the csa have no need to involve themselves especially when most of the time couples wether they stay together or break up usually will come to some kind of agreement ‘financially’ to make sure the kids are sorted.the truth is most of the time the children don’t even see a penny !!!!!!!!!!!! the only people that benefit from csa are the csa.i know this from experience ‘trust me people’ .do as i did.back them into a corner and makesure you cant stress enough that it would be in everyones best intrest to stop persuing csa.

By: chall

chall — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:29:47 +0000

Hi Amanda,

A child is defined as * under 16; OR * under 19 (under 20 in some cases) and in full-time education (12 + hours pw) doing a course that is not higher than A-level or an equivalent standard or on a Government-funded training programme; OR * 16 or 17 and has recently left school and registered for work or training with the Careers or Connexions Service or something similar

After leaving school or college, a child still counts as a being in f/t education until the end of a fixed period after they leave, which coincides with the beginning of the next school term (terminal date) OR until their 19th birthday, which ever is soonest.
If a young person does any paid work of 24 hrs or more a week before the terminal date, s/he is no longer counted as a child unless the work is temporary and expected to end before the terminal date.

If none of the above is applicable, there’s more info at http://www.afairercsaforall.co.uk