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can my ex wife claim part of my redundancy payout?

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fedupfreddy
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12 Jan 13 #374053 by fedupfreddy

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Hi

I am about to be made redundant. I divoreced my ex wife 3 years ago and have been paying CSA payments for our two girls since. I am going to start fresh in a new career but need to retrain first so I will need all of the money i get to keep me going until i get work.

Can my ex-wife take any of the redundancy payout and claim it for part of the child maintenance?

i will not want to sign on for benefits and wouldnt want to but does this mean that the CSA will expect me to pay their payments from my redundancy money?

Any advice would be appreciated

Freddy

LittleMrMike
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13 Jan 13 #374163 by LittleMrMike

Reply from LittleMrMike

My inclination would be to think that, if you were made redundant, your income would cease and therefore your CSA payments would be drastically reduced, perhaps even to nil or at any rate £5 per week.

The odds are that your redundancy payment would disqualify you from means tested benefits, at least for a time.

Whether she could claim any of the payment would depend on the termsa of your divorce. If her claims have been dismissed, then she couldn''t.

LMM

Child Maintenance Options
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15 Jan 13 #374419 by Child Maintenance Options

Reply from Child Maintenance Options

Hi Freddy, thanks for your post. I''m William the Child Maintenance Options consultant. I can''t help with your specific case as Child Maintenance Options and the Child Support Agency (CSA) are separate organisations. I would suggest you contact the CSA directly, to discuss your concerns. The number should be on the letters you have received, or you can find the right number here: www2.dwp.gov.uk/csa/v2/en/contact/index.asp.

There is a new web application, sorting out separation. It aims to make it much easier for separating and separated parents (and childless couples) to find the support they need, when and where they need it. The link is www.wikivorce.com/divorce/Sorting-Out-Separation.html.

For more information about the different ways to set up child maintenance 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).

Hope this helps. William.

Fiona
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16 Jan 13 #374560 by Fiona

Reply from Fiona

You need to let the CSA know of any change in circumstances. My understanding is under the current scheme redundancy isn''t considered income for assessing ongoing child support.

However if the CSA is collecting maintenance payments redundancy is counted as income when calculating payment of any arrears.

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