CSA calculations will make my children homeless
I had a daughter by my first partner 11 years ago and paid by direct agreement when we split up. After being made redundant in December 2008 I had to reduce payments at which stage she stopped me seeing my daughter and took me to the CSA. In the same time I have 2 children by my now ex-wife (because of the stress from CSA) and pay a £1200 mortgage and £750 direct for the children.
The CSA calculate and do not count these figures for an overall variation, awarding the first partner more money than is left from my overall salary after paying the £1950 to the ex.
Obviously this basically means I won’t keep my job for long as I struggle to get there or have anywhere to stay, I will have to cut money to the ex and this would effectively cost her the property the 2 children live in. How is this supposed to sit within the idea of the CSA who then simply talk to you as dirt?
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What wankers they are, they just dont give a shit. when i spoke to a guy from csa, i asked him how does he get up in the morning and put his shirt and tie on and go to work happy knowing hes screwing peoples lives up and the reply i got was "Its a job and i love it" could have punched him if he said that in front of me
My fiance has had nothing but abuse from speaking to the CSA, he pays for his 2 daughters and always has (apart from when he was made redundant), we have had children together and when he asked to have it reassessed the payments went up, he asked how he was supposed to feed our children and the CSA's response was that he shouldn't have had anymore children if he doesn't support the one's he's got (even though we pay), it seems to me that they persecute the one's who do pay and do nothing about the one's that don't.
Mate, your story is all too common. I think that I'm in a similar position to you. I hate to say that there is no easy solution.I am supposing here that you are an honourable chap and that you have done and continue to do all that you can to support your families.Based upon your figures I'm guessing that you show here, you'll have to be pulling in a gross salary of, what £60K? You could very well find that you're better off being on the dole.What I would suggest is that you speak to your MP. They voted this mess in and they will not vote this mess out until they are innundated by stories such as yours.Good luck
@Rachael. The CSA have to justify their existence with successes. Getting money from your beau is a "success" which they can use to offset the billions of £s that they have patently been unable to collect.In my case I was paying my ex every month. The CSA got involved and my ex wife now gets less AND I don't get to see the kids because of the 52 night rule.In your fiance's case – if the CSA really did say that then he should get a transcript of the call and make a complaint based upon it – the CSA operator making a moral judgement of that sort is plain wrong.
Precisely Jason!I wouldn't mind betting that the CSA's 'successes' are due to getting even more money from those who were already paying, and who were glad to in the first place.Deadbeat, absent fathers my arse!!!!!
well said lorraine,xxx
I have similar experience. I look after my 2 kids 3 days a week. after deductions from CSA I am left with £107 each week in my hand. How am I expected to support 2 children and provide a home for them with that, it doesnt even cover rent. Soon debts will be such that I am unable to home the kids and will loose contact . Ex earns £100,000 a year. They dont give a damn. They call themselves Child Support ….. what a laugh.
Where do I start???? Who invented this system, where do they get the figures for these ridiculous calculations. Why do I have to struggle to survive so she can have my money. I wouldn’t mind if the kida actually saw some of the money, but its claimed to line her pocket, and the CSA allow her to do it. They help her to look into my earnings every time she thinks I may be earning a tiny bit more than is on her claim. The CSA don’t listen, they don’t help, they are rude, and can never give a straight answer. I can ask a question, get an answer……………then ask the same question another day and get a completely different answer. I’m paying more than I can afford, its putting pressure on my new marriage. I see my children every other weekend for two nights/three days, I’m expected to feed, water provide for the three of them as well as pay their mother to keep them. I have no issue contributing for them, contributing fairly, a reasonable manageable fair amount but they keep finding reasons to put my payments up, she makes a phonecall and within days I have a letter asking me to prove every penny I earn. Im going to have to move house, something cheaper, and I’m even considering just giving up work………..that way they can’t touch me. Sad, sad that it should come to that, I have no choice.
hiya im a single mother who for years have been trying to get financial help from my ex i contact csa back in 2004 for help but they couldnt get payments from ex as he was claiming job seekers when he finally found a job back in august 2010 i contacted csa and advised them that he was working they contacted him to advise that they would start taking payments from him and ive had nothing but grief. i moved address due to him harashing me and turning up at my house in the middle of the night he has always had the opportunity to see his son but never taken the chances. csa sent a letter to me in november 2010 to advise they would start taking payments from my ex per month and give them directly to me. in feb 2011 i contacted csa to advise them that i wanted to cancel my claim as i was feed up with never seeing any payments and get harashed by my ex. ive contacted them many a times and they still fob me off with why they never paid me im thinking of contacting the ombudsman about this as costing me money to call them help!!!!
My husband pays CSA to his first wife for his son. We have 3 children of our own. He is in the army and currently away in Afghanistan. While he has been away his ex has asked for a re-assesment, this now includes his LSSA allowance he gets for being away from his family to allow contact and normal life to be maintained. Our payments have now doubled and it has been back dated to April so we’re in arrears to the tune of £1500. not only that but when he gets back it can be re-assesed but as her payments can only be reduced by a max of £10 per week once a year it means we will be paying an inflated amount for the next 4-5 years until it is back down to the proper amount. This over payment has happened to us 2 or 3 times since 2003 but is never taken into account when we are in arrears!!!