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Large Difference in Earnings/Income

BobbyTheBudgie
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23 Jan 10 #179168 by BobbyTheBudgie

Topic started by BobbyTheBudgie

Mother earns £18k
Father earns £45k

13 year old child has a 50:50 Shared Residence Order in place and Father currently pays £111 to the Mother.

Father wants child to live full time with Father.

Will the Mother have to pay any Child Support to the Father considering the very large difference in earnings?

dukey
Moderator

23 Jan 10 #179195 by dukey

Reply from dukey

child maintenance is is payed by the none resident parent to the resident parent at CSA rates unless otherwise agreed, for one child that's 15% of net income (after tax NI and pension contribution)

BobbyTheBudgie
Posted by
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23 Jan 10 #179202 by BobbyTheBudgie

Reply from BobbyTheBudgie

Irrespective of earnings of either parent?

Mother currently receives
51 pcm Child Benefit
111 pcm Child Maintainance

Worked out the Mother would loose the above and be forced to pay
£165 pcm (15% of £1100 pcm)

ie a LOSS of
£327 per month

She cannot afford this!!!!

Not sure why Father paying 111pcm when he earns £45k

dukey
Moderator

23 Jan 10 #179204 by dukey

Reply from dukey

The CSA work with the income of the none resident parent and how many nights a child stays with NRP if you go to the CSA site you can use their calculator to see what should be payed, the income of the resident parent is not an issue.

BobbyTheBudgie
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23 Jan 10 #179206 by BobbyTheBudgie

Reply from BobbyTheBudgie

Sorry but isnt that ..errr... really unfair
basically Mother would be crippled... unable to buy presents etc for the child whilst the father spoils the child ... "Mother doesn't love you... look she hasn't bought you anything"

why is this allowed to happen?

Can CSA be contested?

D L
User is blocked

23 Jan 10 #179211 by D L

Reply from D L

You dont have to apply for it if you dont want it... assuming you are the father who will end up with residence eventually.

Forseti
Moderator

23 Jan 10 #179212 by Forseti

Reply from Forseti

Yes it is unfair. But that's the way it has been devised. The resident parent's income is irrelevant.

The system was based on the stereotype of a working, male non-resident parent who never sees his children and a non-working, benefit-dependent female resident parent.

When it doesn't work the political response is simply to tighten up enforcement.

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