Will I be worse off if my ex goes through the CSA?
At present i pay £300 a month to my ex which is 15% of my basic.
I signed the house over as its a safe place for my child to live with very little left to pay on an expensive house and we agreed that any overtime would be mine and she wouldn’t claim. All of a sudden she is now looking for that!
It will work out another £30 a month. I am just gutted she had turned so greedy, as when we first split i payed £500 a month for 3 years so she kept the house which was about 25% of my wages and i pay a lot when my child is with me. I have her about 2 days a week, not nights, as my job and i have savings for her that i put away each month for her future.
If she goes through the csa what will the csa deduct off the amount i pay her? I am just seing if she will be worse off going through the csa as i hate that she is buying so many nice things for her house, things i cant afford, and she is squeezing me for more probabbly to pay for them.
I just need to know dose she get less out of the amount i pay or not going through csa as i dont want my child losing out it don’t explain it on the site really thanks plz reply
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First question, is any of this in writing with your ex and have you got her to sign receipts for every single payment that you have ever given her?, and kept copies. If not as far as the CSA are concerned you never paid a penny and are in arrears if she goes to them to enforce payment. You seem to have paid the amount suggested by the CSA calculator ( why does it cost £300pcm to feed and clothe 1 child is beyond everyone) . In all this you have behaved impeccably, fairly and with dignity but if she goes to the CSA thought it may take months or years to assess your case they will destroy you. They will, for instance, tell you that your case is now being assessed which is code for your liability under CSA has kicked in even though they have not asked you for a penny, when, months later you receive your horrifying assessment based on the highest payslip you sent them you will dig in your heels for how unreasonable they are being which will make you both in arrears and non compliant so a Deduction Of Earnings (DEO) will swiftly follow for 40% of your take home pay, their preferred method of theft from NRP. It does not matter how unfair, damaging to your existing family, crippling and unjust a DEO is it is a nightmare to get one lifted even after you have more than paid these deliberately invented arrears. The current policy at the CSA, sanctioned by management, is to use this and similar techniques to achieve collection targets even though it is straight forward fraud and malfeasance.
If you can pay the extra £30 pcm to avoid the CSA then do so but you MUST pay your ex in cash and get her to SIGN for every single payment and keep copies of the payment, sounds silly, but people will sign anything in exchange for cash, and it is the only proof that the CSA will accept – stay safe from the CSA – signed for cash AT ALL TIMES.
What is wrong with some women? My advice see a solicitor who only deals in child law, and vic is right, we have a deo on us for over 600.00 on fabricated arrears and an assessment we knew jack about. Also if you have fb start typing in against csa etc, get some real gd advice from guys and gals that have been fighting this horrible agency for years to make it a fairer system on nrps. Good luck.