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Ruby21
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19 Nov 13 #414012 by Ruby21

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My new partner split with his wife 18 months ago mutually. He left the family home and their daughter went with Dad (she is 18 now) his son who is 16 years stayed with Mum in fmaily home and stayed with Dad at weekends. The agreement was he paid three quarters mortgage plus bank loans and credit card bills and no child maintenance for their son.

Now she has decided to stop paying her quarter of mortgage so my partner went to the bank and because mortgage has always come out of his account, even though in joint names, they have extended his terms so he can afford mortgage and not get family home repossesed.
She is now saying he has never paid maintence and wants it all back paid through the CSA. She says he owes her £500 per month. I have been on the CSA calculater and worked out his weekly income after tax etc and the fact his son stays with his three nights a week and work it out to be £247 per month.
He wants the house sold now and son doesn''t mind it being sold and then my partner will pay the £247 as per CSA guidelines.

My question is will he have to pay for the 18 months he didn''t pay even though agreement was he paid all other expenses.He saves all his text and she has admitted via text that was agreement.
many thanks for any help.

Rumplestiltsk1n
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19 Nov 13 #414017 by Rumplestiltsk1n

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unless there was an assessment made by the CSA 18 months ago then no, he doesn''t have to pay any arrears

Child Maintenance Options
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22 Nov 13 #414396 by Child Maintenance Options

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Hi Strawberrytoys

Thank you for your post, I am William the Child Maintenance Options consultant. If an application is made with the Child Support Agency (CSA), your partner’s responsibility to pay will start from around the time that the CSA contacts him. Payments may be backdated if a claim had been previously made via the CSA. For further information and clarification on the above, you may wish to speak to the CSA directly, their contact details can be found at gov.uk/childmaintenance.

We have a sorting out separation web-app that you may find useful, it offers help and support to separated families. You can find this at www.wikivorce.com/divorce/Sorting-Out-Separation.html.

If you or your partner would a confidential chat with Child Maintenance Options team or find out more about all the options available for child maintenance, you can call us free on 0800 988 0988 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday or 9am and 4pm on Saturday, alternatively you can visit our website at www.cmoptions.org.

William

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