I reduced my ex’s overnight stays from 3 times per week to 1

March 2, 2013

Me and my ex partner had agreement set in place for me to receive £40 per week towards child care towards our son. He recently has said he his stopping that as from next week and lowering it to £26. He said he has rang csa and this what he has been advised to give.

However I feel he will be giving false income details as he is in full time work as a gas/plumber engineer. He did have my son 3 nights per week but I have recently changed this to the once as his picking up and dropping off times of my son are not acceptable when my child has school and needs routine.

Could you please advise me what to do next and what I’m entitled to. Thank you.

Comments

  • wilf says:

    Leanne:- You are not entitled to change the shared care arrangements unilaterally.

  • Alice says:

    CSA will ask for wage slips from the NRP, or income details direct from his employer if he has not supplied them. They will then base the maintenance calculation on the income details supplied. He will also be awarded allowances for any children who live in his household and a shared care allowance for the amount of nights he has your son at his house.

    Is the agency collecting your child maintenance for you – if so they will collect the amount calculated. If a new maintenance calculation has been done the figure they have based the calculation on will be on your MC letter – if you think this is inaccurate you can appeal the calculation but you will need to justify why you think it is wrong and possibly provide evidence to back this up

  • stuart says:

    Alice why do the CSA not have to provide evidence you owe an amount before they take it? yet you do to prove them wrong? very strange.

  • Alice says:

    on CS2 the there is a running account which shows each payment due and each payment made – if the payments made do not match the payments due the balance unpaid is what is owed – any NRP can request a client statement to show what is owed by them for their children

  • stuart says:

    on CS2 the there is a running account which shows each payment due and each payment made – if the payments made do not match the payments due the balance unpaid is what is owed – any NRP can request a client statement to show what is owed by them for their children

    So the CSA do not have to provide this and investigate it before attaching a DEO and taking your money at source? Contrary to British law? How is this allowed then?.

  • Lisa says:

    Stuart well said, we would all like to know the answer to this question???

  • Alice says:

    NRP’s are issued with a maintenance assessment letter, this informs them the amount they are due to pay per week- if they do not pay then they will be in arrears with their child support – as such they will be issued with an arrears warning letter giving them 7 days to contact the agency to make payment or arrangement to pay, this letter advises that failure to do so will result in enforcement action being taken to recover the debt

  • Leanne says:

    To all whose of u with your nasty remarks, I am not bothered one bit wether I received money of my son father, i work and will provide for my son ethier way! but so you are say he is not entitled to his up keep aswell! And none of you can dare judge me or know of reasons why contact as been changed!! I also have police involved on my behalf because all crap and harassment I receive off him. And thats just the start of the sistutation which you all do not know! So do not judge until u know! I was simply seeking advice not to receive abuse aswell!!!

  • wilf says:

    Leanne:- If you only tell half a story what else did you expect.
    Your post implied that you were reducing shared care because the NRP was talking about having a reassessment from the CSA.
    The picking and dropping at school seem a feeble excuse as that would be the NRPs responsibility 2 days a week if he has the child during the week.
    This a very sensitive topic for many NRPs who feel that the CSA allow PWCs to used the shared care issue as a means of increasing the maintenance required thus leaving many NRPs bereft and out of control.
    The CSA would never tell a NRP to reduce payments before a new assessment had been completed, it is not in their nature.
    He will have to provide evidence if he is saying his income has reduced.

  • Iain says:

    Only a total scumbag would reduce the amount of days a child stays with their father for financial reasons. I genuinely hope your child outs you for this.

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