Could someone else have lied about being the mother?
Why are they treating him like crap!?! We recently received a letter saying my partners ex wife’s ex wife (yea, I know) is claiming for a child she conceived during a civil partnership with his ex!
Obviously the child is not his and there is zero chance it could be. So he called the CSA to tell them as they’d claimed he was £2000+ in debt! They are saying he has to prove he’s not the father via DNA, fair enough, but we have to pay upfront because he works. We do not have £250.
Even if they do refund when the negative result comes back. He is already paying £205 a month in CSA for a child he knows is his which barely leaves us with enough to pay our rent and raise our 2 children (also definitely his) we rely on food parcels from the salvation army!
As he cannot pay for a DNA they are saying they will assume parentage and apply for another attachment to earnings to make him pay! They also kept asking why he hasn’t contacted the child’s mother to make payments and he kept arguing that 1. Why should he, he’s not the father and this is the first he’s heard that’s she’s claiming he is and 2. He has no way to contact her.
Is there any chance that someone else could put in a claim pretending to be the child’s mother in the hope to get more money as we really wouldn’t put it past the mutual ex (she’s already been in prison for fraud) and has been going around telling people the child was my partners even tho the child’s mother always said he wasn’t!
What the hell are we supposed to do? We cannot afford a DNA, or to pay any more CSA, especially as its NOT his child! Do they really expect us to starve our children to feed someone else’s?
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join a group called Child Support Agency – Rip Offs. They have loads of first hand advice. CSA cannot assume parentage if it is denied from the outset. They are lying to you.
Was just going to give the same advice csa rip offs r a god send xx
They are supposed to do the DNA test then work out who pays for it. If it came back as your husbands child then, yes, he would have to pay for the test. If it came back as not his, then the mother of the child would have to pay for it. Good luck.
Sue them. If they ever do anything sue. I’ve sued my former bank for harassment (£4,873 + £600 costs). I am waiting for £1,100 from a former employer and am about to take a big NHS hospital for a few k as well.