I’m expected to look after my daughter and pay the CSA

November 14, 2013

My daughter now lives with me due to her strained relationship with her mother and the csa and child benefit are believing all her lies as I have no parental responsibility at all , although I have paid huge CSA payments for 5 years for one child . She moved in with me full time in July this year and the Csa are still constantly harassing my payments believing all the lies she is being told by my daughters mum …How can be expected to look after my daughter full time and and make unessacery payments to the CSA? I AM AT MY WITS END WITH CONSTANT HARRASSMENT FROM THE csa …can anybody help me ?

Comments

  • jo says:

    You need to start building up evidence that your daughter lives with you, might also be worth speaking to your local court about getting residency in place and getting the child benefit changed into your name. Shame on your ex that she’s quite happy for your daughter to go without as the money is meant for her.

    Don’t give up and show your ex you mean business plus enforce the fact she is committing fraud.

    Good luck

  • Adam says:

    I am quite sure that if you are still married to your partner (divorce proceedings have not been finalised) at the time of your daughter’s birth, then you DO have full parental responsibility for the child.

    This is stated in Section 6 of the C100 application form for a court order under the Children Act 1989:

    “Please state everyone who has parental responsibility for each child and how they have parental responsibility (e.g. ‘child’s mother’, ‘child’s father and was married to the mother when the child was born’ etc.)”

    Your ex-wife will be obliged as the respondent in the application. If she denies that you are the biological father of your daughter, then you immediately contact the child support agency and inform them, they will then investigate this. If she does not deny, then you will be granted a residency order and also this covers parental responsibility (as far as I know). You then contact the CSA and inform them of the residency order and that a review of your Child Support needs to take place.

    … then you take it from there.

    The court application is £215, if you want more information, you can find it here:
    https://www.gov.uk/looking-after-children-divorce/types-of-court-order

  • Adam says:

    My apologies, one slight revision, I should have directed you to this link, first, which will provide you information on obtaining parental responsibility should you not already have it:
    https://www.gov.uk/parental-rights-responsibilities/apply-for-parental-responsibility

  • bob says:

    Take them to court. Contact your local magistrates court and issue them a summons.

    Before this you will need to contact the CSA legal department to explain they have 28days to resolve and back date

  • Nick Paayne says:

    bOB

    do you mean take the CSA to court ? and issue the csa a summons , can i do this ?

  • Adam says:

    Nick, you’re getting ahead of yourself. Do you realise how much it would cost to start legal proceedings against the CSA? You could soon be looking at thousands of pounds in legal fees, and at the end of the court hearings you could still be liable for the payments to the CSA.

    Just think carefully before you make any rash decisions. Read the websites I linked you carefully, and then consider contacting the CSA again, in light of the applications you CAN make to the court.

    I beg of you not to run before you can walk.

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