I was told payments would be backdated

January 27, 2014

Hi I split with my abusive partner when I was 4 months pregnant. My baby was born in September and I contacted the CSA in October to claim child support. (I have no contact at all with my ex.) I phoned the CSA every 2 weeks to keep updated on progress. My ex claimed not to be the father and requested a DNA test. In January he then agreed that he was the father!

Every time I spoke to the CSA they assured me that child support would be backdated to October, when I first made contact with them. This week (January 20th) the CSA contacted me to say that, because my ex has been paying for another child through the CSA, I can only expect payments to start as of January 15th as they cannot retrieve money he has been paying to the other child’s mother. The man I spoke with at the CSA said there is absoloutely nothing I can do to change this as this is how legislation stands.

I was repeatedly told my child support would be backdated. Can anyone help???
Zoe

Comments

  • jo says:

    Your case has nothing to do with his other ex and im pretty sure through data protection they should not have told you about another child. csa should go from when they first made contact with him in October. Make a complaint via letter and if it isn’t resolved see your mp.

  • jo says:

    Its backdated to when the agency first make contact with him not when she makes the claim.

    @ david….yes most men do pay and support their kids its the way the csa conduct themselves that make it difficult and in some cases how the pwc conduct themselves with stopping access etc to get more money…hence the new system coming into force!….everyone’s cases cannot be made black and white like that.

  • melanie parton says:

    excuse me martin bremner my mum buggered off didnt pay had the cheek to adress pistcodes shed sent adressed to me from round the world…….. i grew up thinkin it was my fault for 28 years till i met her andcafter 6vyears of contact with my kids….her gkids…….she buggeted off agsin to spain to live just like that like shed left me all those years ago……n indeed wasnt me it was thay selfish bitch……did the csa chase her for muny no did they hell as like………yet they try n take what u cant afford off dads n second families dads are NOT allowed a new life while the bitter ex takes what she can in spite via csa……having been n still goin threw csa bullshit i am sik of do gooders saying pay for yr kids my husband does the ones he lives with she buggered of 20 years ago n thort shed get one ginormous payout no wsy my kids ate not goin without when they hav 4 wages n every benefit going we have one wage n she wsnts harf of that……..kid has been poisioned about a man hes never seen …her fault…. but has took it upon himself to threaten via fb to get money off a man he has no intention of getting to no…..due to lies hes obvs been told…..hes also made it plain wen we die hes putting vlaim in onbour property he can f××k off……making will to prevent him……..muny grabbin little shit

  • melanie parton says:

    sorry martin i ment the name under neath yrs mr till not u…apologys

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