The CSA won’t listen when I tell them the children might not be mine

November 4, 2013

I was in a relationship back in 1991. We had 2 children & my name went on birth certificate we seperated a few years later. She remarried & the children took on her married name. Offered her money & she refused it!

Never heard anything for several years then a dreaded CSA letter arrived asking for back payments for silly amounts of money. Being young i buried my head in the sand hoping it would go away, It didn’t.

She made contact about 5 years ago & said that the kids might not be mine as she was sleeping around at the time i was with her.

The CSA wont listen when i told them that they might not be mine, They say that as its a old case a DNA test is out of the question The CSA are now taking almost £300 a month from my income Phoned them today & they said that as i signed a form when the case was first opened stating the the kids are mine,i am liable to pay it , I didn’t sign any form !

Is there anything i can do to stop this nightmare.

Comments

  • jo says:

    You can go to the courts and ask for dna that way, as you have not disputed parentage when csa became involved im afraid the back payments will stay in place even if the kids prove not to be yours.

    You can get your data file which cost 10.00 to find out what has been going on with your case….again csa can presume parentage without it being in writing…got you by the short and curlies I’m afraid. Might be worth seeing your mp or local CAB office.

    I don’t understand why your ex would take money from you if she has doubts on who the father of her children is? shame on her and poor kids being dragged through this….unless its a secretary of state date which can’t be written off.

    My husband buried his head in the sand with the csa but my advice is you have to pro-active and get it sorted as its not going to go away. Good luck.

  • jo says:

    *debt not date

  • CSA warrior says:

    I have to be quick on this one but its really simple. you might not be is not the same as are not.. If you are not then great guns. you can shout that from the roof tops. You have to prove that you are not the only way to do that is DNA. However sinec you are paying the courts will have to consider any application you make. this includes DNA tests

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