Deduction from Earnings Order

Many non resident parents find that the Child Support Agency has enforced a ‘deduction from earnings order’ against them, also called a DEO. A deduction from earnings order is the CSA’s preferred method of collecting child maintenance from non resident parents because it affords them the luxury of not having to communicate direct with the person involved, and can instead go to their employer.

With a DEO, the CSA can literally decide how much money they want to deduct from your earnings and go straight to your employer to insist that the money is deducted, and sent to them, each month. If your employer were to refuse the CSA’s demand, they would threaten them with bailiffs – hence few employers would ever challenge the CSA.

The CSA doesn’t even need approval from a court to enforce a DEO – they can do it at their own discretion, and they choose to do it a lot.

You are able to appeal against the amount set out in the deduction from earnings order, but while your appeal is being heard the DEO will stand and your money will be deducted. You are however not allowed to appeal on the grounds that you cannot afford to live on what the CSA has left you with. The Child Support Agency does not care how much money you have to live on, even if you are bringing up more children.

On CSAhell.com you’ll find many stories from people who have been handed deduction from earnings orders, and how they have dealt with them.