Violent ex refuses to pay a penny to the CSA

After 6 years of domestic and child abuse from my ex husband I became homeless last year June. He hit me & our 3yr old he called the police and lied they told me to leave as I had been calling them frequently yet not press charges against him. Between Jan &June 2011 the police were called several times and each time he fled before arrest.

I contacted CSA 20 june and they took ove 3 mths to contact him for payments. He told them he was in debt despite being a scientist at Pfizer earning over £40000p/a. I eventually had payments from Sep till end os Nov. CSA called me to say there was a ‘change in circumstances’

I found out through friends he left and recieved over £65000 in redundancy, he also sold our marital home. ( The kids & I left with just the clothes we were wearing) and I was never allowed to get a single item from the home which I had furnished and contributed £31000 in cash for the mortgage. We were homeless for 9weeks living in a b&b relying on handouts from the church. It took the Benefits office 5 weeks to get payment sorted.

I called CSA frequently and was fobbed off everytime last year main answer ‘we cannot force him to pay or divulge other income. He went from one job to the next without a gap.

In December afteer a caseworker called me I asked her to cancel my case as my ex was threatening me and i was fed up of the mess and aggrevation from him. The payments stopped instantly. i called Csa in Jan, Feb, Mar requesting written proof that I dont get payments everytime I was told we are still dealing with the issue and trying to contact the father Since Dec !!

In May 2012 I called and asked for the letter which the local council needed to calculate my HB. The agent I spoke to told me ‘your case has not been shut yet as we are still waiting for communication from Mr B’

i was angry and demande to know if the case was still OPEN ? how come the payments stopped in NOv 2011 yet he still worked full time for another pharmaceutical company earning £40000+ ? She said oh I will check within a week I received a letter informing me I would be receiving payment in July £500 and then form Aug £415 upto Jun 2013. To date I have received NOTHING ! I called them 2 weeks ago asking why I hadnt received the payments and they said that Mr B called the day before the payment was to be made to report a change in circumstances which was he has another family he’s paying for ie another man’s kids?

He is refusing to make payments to me as he is angry for being investigated for domestic and child abuse and he wants me to drop the matter. I will not be blackmailed, I & the kids have suffered emotional, physical and mental anguish, isolation and despair. I live in a bare flat with just beds, a sofa and my landlord bought us a fridge and washing machine.

This man stopped me going to University, kept me like a slave & prisoner and has stolen my children’s inheritance and all our worldy possessions which he took to the local council dump..yet is allowed by the csa to avoid paying for his child. After my last call, the agent told me it will take 90 days to contact Mr B and to re-do the paperwork….. The CSA are the worst department to deal with, long unhelpful calls, they are incompetent and unprofessional.