CSA takes mother’s word that daughter doesn’t stay over with us

June 1, 2012

I do not want my full name on this question.

If a mother lied about how many nights her daughter stays with her father in a week how can it be proved when the CSA takes the mothers word as truth? I’m upset and annoyed that my stepdaughter stays at my house weekly but her mother denies this just to benefit from an extra £6 a month. Also if the child who will be 15 this year and will be finishing school to work part time and go through college do payments stop directly to the mother or is this at 18 years old ??? Is’t it right that once the child is old enough to earn money that payments stop??

Many thanks

Mrs W

Comments

  • Alice says:

    At the momement CM is in place till the child/adult is 19years old if in education,doing 12 hours per week..If the child works less than 24 hours and in college than CM will continue till that child leaves.
    A quote from NACSA site states—CS remains payable until the terminal date,which is a period after a child has left school/college.A school leaver still counts as a child for CM up to the Sunday following the date unless she is 19 before that date,in which case it is the sunday following the monday BEFORE their 19th birthday. Look at the NACSA site,It is a survival guide for both NRP and PWC. IF the PWC is claiming CB,then CM will continue,so it is upto you to find out when it finishes,so you are not paying out more than you need to.

  • Alice says:

    TERMINATION DATES —-
    Time of leaving school Terminal Date
    Christmas ==First monday in January
    Easter ==First Monday after Easter Monday
    May/June ==First Monday in September
    A child remains a QC even if s/he has left school so long as that child is under school leaving age when s/he leaves.If a child does paid work of more than 24 hours or more per week BEFORE the terminal date,so long as that work is temporary and expected to end before the terminal date-the child is still a QC.
    THIS SITE http://www.nacsa.co.uk IS IMFORMATIVE TO NRP AND PWC.

  • Carol says:

    I do not understand why the CSA always believe the pwc. It is not always the case that the owc is telling the truth but nrp’s are being penalised for it. I have asked this question of the CSA many times and never got a reply.

    As Alice says you have to continue paying maintenance until a child is 19 if they are in full time non advanced education. If the child works more than 24 hours per week in paid employment then child benefit should not be claimed which appears to be the gateway for getting maintenance. Also if the child is in employment such as apprenticeship but has day release to college no child benefit should be claimed or maintenance. It also depends on the course being done – if a course is classed as “advanced education” then again no maintenance. My eldest is going to college in September this year studying an HNC and we are no longer entitled to child benefit, tax credits etc for him.

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