Paying for my son twice because of CSA mistakes

December 4, 2010

Copy of an email i sent direct to csa belfast on 02/11/10….

My sons mother and i seperated 11 years ago when my son was 5. he is now 16. i have always paid maintenance of between £10-30 per week plus helping with school uniforms, trips etc. The mother has never worked and always claimed a benefit. at some point she claimed she wasn’t recieving child maintenance and so the csa chased me up to help claw back money she had already recieved in benefits. i replied to their letters stating i pay but never got a reply apart from automated demands. after a while i got the threat of repossesion of my home as the ‘debt’ was getting highter. worried of the outcome and still with no replies i had to sell my house for 20% below the valuation (quick sale). to avoid the stress i started ignoring letters as my replies had been ignored. at one point i even submitted details of work my sons mother was doing for cash in hand whilst still claiming benefits including child maintenance help. and still i continued to contribute to his upbringing.

i recieved another demand this time stating that a detatchment of earnings would be made from my wage. i wrote explaing again that i pay! to my horror a deduction was made from my wage and when i went to my works human recources to find out why, i was horrified and extremely embarrased when they told me it was the csa.

my wife, understandably hit the roof and confronted my sons mother who simply laughed. My wife said i was not to give my son any more money as he would be getting it from the csa now and so i stopped. After 3 months he still hadn’t recieved any yet £35 per week was taken out of my wage. My son needed money and so i started paying him again (behind my wifes back) £20 per week, on top of the £35 per week aoe. this outgoings brought about many arguments with my wife until she could take no more and made me leave.

i now pay her £50 p/w, my son £20 p/w and from my wage £35 p/w. your latest letter is telling me you want to deduct more money!
upto £100 per week!!

I PAY AND HAVE ALWAYS PAID FOR MY SON! YOU ARE ASKING ME TO PAY WITH MY LIFE BECAUSE THERE ISN’T ANYTHING ELSE TO GIVE!!

I HAVE TRIED PHONING THE NUMBER YOU HAVE GIVEN ME ALL WEEK THIS WEEK. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY AND TODAY BUT AS YOU MUST BE AWARE NOBODY ANSWERS. THIS IS MY FINAL ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO STOP THIS TORTURE!

STEPHEN PEACH

less than a week later 06/11/10 I recieved another automated reply via mail. this states that as from 11/11/10 a total of £136.88 will be taken from my wage on a weekly basis. I don’t know what to do i already pay for my son, can anybody help?

Comments

  • Mark Yak Attack Howard says:

    Hi,I wish i could but unfortunately i cannot advise as my experience with the Complete Scumbags Agency is minimal compared to others. I am sorry to hear about your situation, you are not alone. I can only hope that things will get better sooner rather than later for you. All the best.

  • Peter Anderson says:

    You need to take your case to your local Magistrates Court (Family one) and ask for the Deduction of Earnings Order to be set aside. Also, go see your MP – this is a must, they are the only people who can shut this bunch of child abusers down. Do NOT phone the CSA, only deal with them in writing! Also, send off for a copy of your file from CSA Data Protection Officer, Room BP6002 DWP, Benton Park View, NEWCASTLE, NE98 1YX. Make sure that you ask for the notepad sections of the computer files to be properly dated. You need to get the history written down, this is the hardest part, clearly detailing over the years what your salary has been and what what you have been paying for your son and in addition what the CSA has been taking. The other thing to do, is to see if you can change the way you are paid, or change your job. Ideally you need to go self-employed.

  • Allan Morrell says:

    CSA are a mistake…. so is the ex that colludes with the child abusing CSA

  • Allan Morrell says:

    were you making payments by CSA before or by agreement with the ex?

  • Peter Anderson says:

    Keep paying your son, but don't do it in cash unless you have a log book where he signs for it. Better to do a direct transfer to him, clearly marked "child maintenance", in the reference or description. The Csa are then required to take this into account. Better still, work out what you should be paying and pay it all directly to him.

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