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Feels like I’m banging my head against a brick wall

July 25, 2013

My wife and I split in 2003, she had two children from previous marriages and we had two together.When we split the children were 10 and 11. The CSA put an order against me in October 2007 for £36.86 a week from june 2004, she had our two children living with her at that time and her son (my stepson aged 13) moved in with me. Two years later in 2006 my daughter also moved in with me aged 13.

I had a solicitor on the case at the time and the csa summonsed me to court only to ring my solicitor and say I owe nothing, that was in 2007. Foolishly believing that was the end of it. Until in August 2011 with no warning whatsoever a deduction of £587 was taken out of my wages by guess who the csa!!! This left me with £600 to pay rent, bills and food for me and my daughter. This happened the next month too, I had no choice but to resign my job and do some agency work so they couldnt find me for a while.

I instructed another solicitor who reckoned he would definately get it stopped (which he never)just taken him to the legal Ombudsman and been given all paperwork back and fees waivesd, still doesnt solve the problem though.

Anyway I got another job and within a couple of months they started taking £542 every four weeks. This has now been going on for 13 months. I asked them for a breakdown of arrears and how much I have paid.Its a joke they carried on taking payments until my son was 18 when he never even went into further education, therefore should have stopped at 16!! The £36.86 that they said I had to pay from june 2004 suddenly was £74, then £69, then £67.00 in 2005 even though their letter was dated October 2007.

I have now paid the grand sum of £9000 in supposed arrears. Why did they never action the counter claim which they admit they had, when I had our daughter and her son living with me. Oh and she also carried on receiving maintenance for her son from his biological father for the two years he lived with me. Its all wrong. No solicitors want to take them on, just feel like you are banging your head against a brick wall

Written by David Blackley · Filed Under CSA Complaints 

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Comments

  • John says:
    July 25, 2013 at 9:08 am

    I think that you will find a lot of nrp’s who have been subjected to the ‘arrears’ scam. I got stitched up with £6,400 in 2009, by these ar-eholes!

    Your’e right about solicitors. They have been warned off by the Judiciary, not to get involved. This allows the CSA to ride rough shot over nrp’s, use the arrears scam and invent a tissue of lies, in order to demonise and criminalise nrp’s for being an absent parent.

    You could try your local M.P., as they put the statute law on the book for child maintenance, therefore they are answerable for the debacle known as the CSA.

    Ask your M.P. to obtain evidence of your childs educational status. This is another anomaly of the system. The nrp, is not provided with hard evidence to back up the CSA’s claim, that you are liable to pay maintenance.

    Finally, write directly to the DWP. Duncan-Smith to embarrass him, and get in touch with Parliamentary Ombudsmans office to complain.

    Keep all paperwork as evidence, for ‘restorative justice’, because at some stage in the future, there will be successful legal actions against the CSA, which will open the floodgates for all CSA victims, in order to gain maximum compensation (as with PPI). They will be exposed for being the corrupt thieves that they are!

    Good luck!

  • CSA warrior says:
    July 25, 2013 at 11:27 am

    This is going to be useful to you. but its gonna cost you £20

    the CSA have a deptartment that records everything phonecalls letters summons the lot. this is the DATA PROTECTION UNIT.
    Send them £20 and write to them requesting 2 copies of your file. it is likely to be massive. Read all through that file. You will find what ever cock up has been made.

    Once you find it make a complaint and submit the photo copies of the relevant paperwork. take the time to read the Finacial Redress Maladministion Guide. (its on google.) then tell them you want an FRMG payment for distress caused. Do not touch the Second copy. should they not play ball that copy of the file should be sent to any tribunal or court in its entirety

    good luck If I can find the address i will put it here

  • KMcQ80 says:
    July 26, 2013 at 9:20 am

    John says:-
    ‘Keep all paperwork as evidence, for ‘restorative justice’, because at some stage in the future, there will be successful legal actions against the CSA, which will open the floodgates for all CSA victims, in order to gain maximum compensation (as with PPI). They will be exposed for being the corrupt thieves that they are!’

    This is something I firmly believe will happen in the future.
    Only deal with The CSA in writing and keep all paperwork and letters in date order.
    Make a note of all the names of people who have given you ‘advice’.

    And once the legal judgements have been made, it will make the PPI scandal, mis-selling of insurances etc look like a picnic.
    Like the PPI rip-off, once private companies sniff the amount of over-charging, mis-calculation and fictitious arrears the floodgate will open.
    Be patient, our time will come!

  • Iruler08 says:
    July 29, 2013 at 8:59 pm

    It’s not the solicitors who won’t take the cases it the judges who are effectively a bunch of mummy boys,. I have a theory most of them went to boarding school hardly ever saw dad got home and mummy is changing their nappies!! Until the bunch of completely incompetent “Mummy Boy” judges are replaced then it’s a fight we have to have. Well done with getting legal fees back but when all is considered, was the money actually spent on your child??

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