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Can I stop CSA intervention

WYSPECIAL
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29 Oct 12 #363600 by WYSPECIAL

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Does your new partner have children living with you?

That could effect your assessment.

MrsMathsisfun
Platinum Member

29 Oct 12 #363601 by MrsMathsisfun

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Actually if your new partner has children then the amount of cm payable will reduce slightly so if you are currently paying 15% of your net income your ex might be shooting herself in the foot!

WYSPECIAL
Moderator

29 Oct 12 #363605 by WYSPECIAL

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Mathsisfun wrote:

Actually if your new partner has children then the amount of cm payable will reduce slightly so if you are currently paying 15% of your net income you ex might be shooting herself in the foot!

My thoughts exactly!

I have seen several people over the years involve the CSA thinking they were going to screw their ex over and then regretting it when they ended up with less and found their bridges burnt.

durance
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29 Oct 12 #363607 by durance

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No children living with us but worth asking. My daughter has chosen not to stay over with us so I usually end up taking her out for lunch or dinner. This may change in the future but it is early days.

Child Maintenance Options
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20 Dec 12 #371042 by Child Maintenance Options

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Hello,

Thanks for your post. I''m Sarah the child maintenance Options Consultant. Once an agreement has been converted into a Consent Order then the paying parent is legally liable to pay the amount the court has endorsed. However, the Court does not monitor or collect payments so the receiving parent will have to monitor payments and get legal advice around non-payment unless they are happy to accept this.

A Consent Order can be adjusted but to do this either parent will need to get further legal advice then, most commonly, go back to the Court, set out the application on a standard form and pay a fee to the court. The Court will then consider any change to the original Consent Order.

If parents have a Consent Order and then decide they would prefer to use the CSA they are not legally able to change over unless the Consent Order has been in place for at least 12 months. After 12 months either party can then apply to the CSA and the Consent Order will no longer be valid. If either parent decides to use the CSA the responsibility to pay child maintenance will start from the point the CSA contact the paying parent.

We have a web application that you may find useful, it offers help and support to separating families. The link is: www.cmoptions.org/en/sortingoutseparation/index.asp

For more information about Child Maintenance Options and access to useful tools and forms online you can visit www.cmoptions.org, or if you''d prefer a confidential chat you could call the Child Maintenance Options team on 0800 988 0988 (free from a landline).

Brit
Premium Member

06 Feb 13 #378308 by Brit

Reply from Brit

My ex wife and I had a Family agreement in place for around 16 months, she has just decided that she will be better off by claiming through the CSA, this after I was three days late with a payment, due to my son leaving home and living with me. He is now back with her and finishes 6th form schooling this summer, he is 18 in June.
I called the CSA and could not believe how I was treated, I had no say in the matter, they told me to talk to my ex,which I did and she ignored my email, twice. They gave me 5 days to reply or they would act !
The CSA promote an email service which is no longer in action, I just have had to agree to send them payslips, bank details, employer details, Direct Debit details, my partner and her sons details. Basically I''ve been left feeling like a criminal even though I stuck to ''our'' family agreement for all this time.
I am hoping that they are reasonable with my payments to my ex as I don''t think I can possibly fight them if not.

WYSPECIAL
Moderator

06 Feb 13 #378319 by WYSPECIAL

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Brit wrote:

I am hoping that they are reasonable with my payments to my ex as I don''t think I can possibly fight them if not. .

They don''t have any lee way with your payments they just apply a simple formula. If you want help working out what it will be PM me.

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