CSA Appeal

My ex husband has been paying the maintance that the csa deemed he should pay direct to my daughter. He has made an appeal to the csa as for nine months my daughter lived with my mother. I visited on a regular basis and my daughter also stayed with me at my home on a regular basis. I recieved the child tax credits and family alllowance which I used to pay for essentials for my daughter. I also used my own money to subsidise her.

My ex is appealing the decision and thinks that I will have to repay him the money he has paid direct to our daughter.

Does anyone know if this is the case as I haven't received any money other than £117.00 in back payment which I gave to my daughter straight away.

If the CSA says he is liable to pay you he is not allowed to pay your daughter instead - so he will still owe you the money.

However I don't know about the rules surrounding claiming CSA if your daughter is not resident with you....Best ask CSA that one.

poppy

I don't see how you will be expected to repay child support you didn't receive.

Tax credits and child benefit are different though. To claim CB you need to be bringing up a child which could be disputed and tax credits are awarded to households with children living in them.

The tax credit and family allowance departments knew that my daughter was living with my mother who was aged 80 at the time and didn't want the hassle of claiming. I used to transfer the money to my daughter as and when she required it or I bought things for her when I was with her which was approx every 2 weeks. He hasn't spent more than 5 hours in my daughters company in the whole 11 months since the martial home was sold.