The CSA are all for her digging deep into my bank

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1. Welcome to hell mate

2. doesn’t get any better sorry to say, paying £290 a month for a 19yr old old autistic son, who he gets dla high rate plus mobility for, an 18yr old who goes to college min 12hrs a week and works max 24 hrs a week, and a 16yr old who doesn’t speak to me…that’s on top of full benefits, no wonderhe hasn’t worked in 11 yrs 🙁

3. Well as the average cost of raising a child according to the BBC is just over £100 a week you are paying but a quarter of the real costs. I would say this mother has a valid point. Don’t understand what you are complaining about. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23726224

4. £902 a month for 2 teenagers…..

5. £902 ? jef carnt be right that bloody rediculas

6. If that’s the case then why is child benefit only 20.00 odd a week that is given by government?

7. 902 a month? You must be a high earner

8. @jo

   Child benefit is “£20 odd” a week because it is paid for by us tax payers and we are not a bottomless pit. In fact the last government indebted us and those very same children for decades to come by borrowing so much.

   Having a child is not a right and should not be entered into without full awareness by the parents of the responsibilities that come with it, one of which is being able to financially support the child. If the parents split up, that does not remove the responsibility of either parent to provide for the child.

   However I can appreciate that some parents with care do use the CSA money to maintain their own lifestyle and not just to benefit the child. But that is not something we non resident parents have any say in so we have to suck it up.

   But if the OP thinks that £100 a month is too much, then they should probably consider being sterilised to avoid having any more children they cannot support.

9. £100 per month is very low, i pay £100 per week for one child out of £1280 net pay.
   It is crippling me, its meant to be child support but i’m almost paying out a young persons wage.

10. Tosser Tim,

    Having a child is absolutely a right. You cannot tell people how to behave or what they do.

    The £100 a week takes lots of factors into account and there will be regional variances.

    What about the fraudsters at the CSA who illegally made 11 children homeless last year? The CSA is pure and simple not there in the interests of the child. Emotional and physical support is what should feature more prominently. The CSA says any money is financial.

    I’ve been told as a dad, my first child is worth £150 a month, and according to CSA calculator my second child is worth £10-£20 a month. Unfair, definitely and with things to get worse next year. Mandatory 20% charge on my payment and only 7% for a collection. Maintainence for most will go up by £30 a month for me and yet CSA take 7% charge from mum out of MY payment! So reality is;

    I pay £150
    20% charge ontop to me =£30
    7% taken from MY payment = £10.50

    Crooked, fraudulent… CSA no surprise!

11. @bob

    There is no right in law to having a child as it is not something that can be taken away. You’re confusing it with the ability to have a child.

    No, having children is not a right, it is a choice, be it through natural means, artifical means or adopting.

    No sensible or intelligent person would say “let’s have a child” without any concern for how it is to be raised and anyone that says “oh but the benefits/tax credits system will pay for it all” is utterly deluded.

    You’re right though, no-one can tell people how to behave, as is clearly shown on many of these posts, but it should not be for the hard pressed tax payer to support the reckless parents who confuse rights with responsibilities.

    The extra charges in the CSA3 scheme are only for those parents who continue to use the CSA to handle the payments. If you are willing (and continue) to pay your ex directly, then you will not be charged the extra 20% and she won’t get 7% deducted (they’re also looking at reducing the 7% to 4%). If your ex insists on using the CSA for payments, then you should not be charged the 20% as you are willing to pay.

12. Well if the average cost is £100 a week shouldnt i have only been paying £50 instead of £100. Split 50/50. But no. She got the full £100 off me.

13. Tim

    It’s a matter of opinion on that one then. There’s no law that says I have to have hanky panky but its a right I have, I have the right to make a choice about having a baby.

    With regards to paying directly, this is total pigswill. The case adviser Suzanne Lyons (bitch!) Said that there was no way to make direct payments. I asked about a standing order and was told no it has to go through them via dd. Questioned this as their booklet mentions it on the site at the time, she said she had never heard of anyone paying direct debit and in a nutshell pay by dd or have a deo “your choice”.

    Since found out there are tens of thousands paying by standing order and it would appear as a ruse.

    CSA should be destroyed and all workers chucked out onto the streets

14. @bob

    Your advisor is advising you incorrectly. The CSA3 scheme is based on family arrangements, see the UK Government site below for the details:

    http://www.cmoptions.org/en/family/index.asp

    This page in particular is useful in your arguments with the CSA:

    http://www.cmoptions.org/en/other-arrangements/statutory-service.asp

    Check out the section entitled “Plans to introduce fees for using the Child Maintenance Service”, especially the bit in bold “This is not law yet”.

    Good luck.

15. @terry It’s an average. That means some will be paying more, some less. Lifetime cost of bringing up child £186,000 – and rising. If you pay 100 a week for 19 years you will have paid £98,800 which seems reasonable. according to the Guardian newspaper at least… http://www.theguardian.com/money/2007/dec/07/parenting

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