CSA

My husband currently pays £75 per week for his son, he recently stopped paying for his daughter as she has left college. Received letter from CSA saying we have been reassessed now have to pay £125 per week. This can''t be right?
We have a 10 year old son together (disabled). We never ''declared'' him to the CSA as his ex didnt want her maintenance reducing, we were happy to go along with this.
Would the CSA factor our son in now, we are under the old rules.

Welcome to Wikivorce.

I think your best bet is going straight to the CSA directly.

Phone them up (number below) and clarify exactly what you need to pay.

www.cmoptions.org/en/options/child-support-agency.asp

Call on 0800 988 0988

Lines are open from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 4pm Saturday.

£125 pw is a high assessment for one child if you were paying £75 for two. Has there been a large pay rise since last assessment? Are all the other figures up to date for housing costs, income etc?

If you tell them about your son then yes they will carry out a CoC review and amount payable should go down.

Sorry, we were paying £75 for each child, there hasn''t been any big pay rises, just cost of living. My husband is ringing CSA when he gets home. I hope our son will be included in the calculations. We haven''t begrudged a single penny of maintenance.

were you expecting it would reduce by half? If so, the CSA doesn''t work like that. They take 15% of income after deductions for one child, 20% for two.

If they were to include your child, they would deduct 15% for him and the ex would then receive 15%/20% of the 85% that was left.

hope that helps.

The CSA first set that amount which was used in the Consent Order that followed, £75 per child until finishing secondary education. We followed that! Having read other threads I now know that order can be over ridden. If she is entitled fair enough, it cama as a huge shock, no warning, nothing. I''ll keep you posted when we''ve spoken with the CSA.

sorry - I am talking CSA2 and I think you''re talking CSA1 which I have no clue about. Arrggh! I''ve had one of those days!