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Child Support for step child? Hi Does anyone have any advice on shild support for a step child He was three when i met his mum and 6 when we married, do I have to pay my STBX maintenance for ... 11 Aug 09, by Chili Latest 11 Aug 09 by Angel557	Replies:1 :341	Latest by Angel557 11 Aug 09
Child Support If when STBX moves out but not into his own home (staying with someone) and refuses to have kids overnight for agreed times, can I inform the CSA so he has to p ... 10 Aug 09, by boredwithwaiting Latest 10 Aug 09 by boredwithwaiting	Replies:4 :376	Latest by boredwithwaiting 10 Aug 09
Working out fair child support Just wondered if anyone could tell me if my ex's new live-in partners income would be taken into consideration if he was not working (she apparently earns more ... 09 Aug 09, by janeyg Latest 09 Aug 09 by janeyg	Replies:2 :420	Latest by janeyg 09 Aug 09
Additional maintenance payments claimed by child I am divorced with two children and have a minute of agreement dating from April 2002 which states that I will pay aliment to my ex-wife at £50 per week. I hav ... 07 Aug 09, by mateymike Latest 08 Aug 09 by Rainyday 1 2	Replies:8 :718	Latest by Rainyday 08 Aug 09
overseas CS query Hi, My 12-year old son has emailed to say he believes I owe him CS and if he will be receiving it. What is the best way to respond to such a query? ... 06 Aug 09, by abc321 Latest 07 Aug 09 by Newbie	Replies:3 :374	Latest by Newbie 07 Aug 09
CSA and commission based income. If an ex-partner has a job that has a base income and then earns commission on top of his base earnings, does the CSA take into account all net earnings ... 07 Aug 09, by PookieBear Latest 07 Aug 09 by PookieBear	Replies:2 :536	Latest by PookieBear 07 Aug 09
consent order for maintenance and enforcement Hi back again after quite a while away from the site. Thought everything was running ok then it`s all turned a bit nasty of late, ex`s grr! A ... 03 Aug 09, by suzy_sue46 Latest 06 Aug 09 by suzy_sue46	Replies:2 :304	Latest by suzy_sue46 06 Aug 09
Can i enforce back payments? I'll try to keep this short, Ex and i had an agreement that he paid me maintienence monthly. To date i have recieved just under £300 in total. DD is 1 ... 05 Aug 09, by arabellafigg Latest 05 Aug 09 by muchtoomuch	Replies:5 :331	Latest by muchtoomuch 05 Aug 09
Questionnaire and chronology after form e Hi there, I would like to know what is allowed to be put in a questionnaire on varying child maintenance. This is because my ex-husand has asked about ... 04 Aug 09, by Sunnyjay Latest 04 Aug 09 by Sunnyjay	Replies:2 :359	Latest by Sunnyjay 04 Aug 09
Child Maintenance Hi there, My ex husband wants to vary child maintenance payments because he says he cannot afford it 'due to the circumstances'. This is untrue!!!He is self ... 03 Aug 09, by Sunnyjay Latest 03 Aug 09 by Fiona	Replies:1 :508	Latest by Fiona 03 Aug 09
His child is worth £1.74 a week I split up with my son's dad (we never married)when my son was 1 and we had an agreement for him to pay £20 a week (not a lot really). I remarried and he did p ... 13 Jul 09, by sbtlpb74 Latest 01 Aug 09 by long legs	Replies:4 :327	Latest by long legs 01 Aug 09
Is anything owed Hi im new to this and will try keep this short. My partners ex-wife left him when his children were 2 & 3yrs. His ex left him for another man, my p ... 29 Jul 09, by fedupnow Latest 30 Jul 09 by tiredmum	Replies:2 :343	Latest by tiredmum 30 Jul 09
CAN ANYONE HELP OR ADVISE ME Hi Im new to this so hope someone can answer my question. I seperated from my Husband over 3 yeaars ago. We had an aggrement through the solicitior that he wa ... 26 Jul 09, by nicky70 Latest 28 Jul 09 by nbm1708 1 2	Replies:10 :746	Latest by nbm1708 28 Jul 09
Working tax family credit My son and DIL are going through a divorce. It seems to be evolving between them that they will share joint custody of the children. They are resident with t ... 28 Jul 09, by stepper Latest 28 Jul 09 by mumtoboys 1 2	Replies:9 :894	Latest by mumtoboys 28 Jul 09
Will judge accept private arrangement for divorce Hi. My X husband to be was paying child support through CSA & then he went sick from work & hasnt paid anything since March, but is now going back to wo ... 25 Jul 09, by LadyAquarius Latest 25 Jul 09 by Fiona	Replies:3 :321	Latest by Fiona 25 Jul 09
Cm/kids on holiday Does the NRP still have to pay CM to the PWC when he takes them on holiday for a week or two? ... 23 Jul 09, by fluffy76 Latest 23 Jul 09 by nbm1708	Replies:3 :319	Latest by nbm1708 23 Jul 09
no CS payment What can the parent with care do to meet the cost of living if a child support order is not being met. Can they apply for income support? ... 22 Jul 09, by fairynuff Latest 22 Jul 09 by fairynuff	Replies:4 :407	Latest by fairynuff 22 Jul 09
taking care of the kids, court interferance Going thru the divorce process at the mo. My wife was served last week and all forms were signed and returned. We are ammicable in our seperation and care for o ... 21 Jul 09, by mb3 Latest 21 Jul 09 by Fiona	Replies:5 :377	Latest by Fiona 21 Jul 09
Child Support and mortgage rent My husband left (for another woman who he is still living with) June 08 and was paying an acceptable amount of money wich reduced each month until he left his j ... 20 Jul 09, by GeeStandford Latest 20 Jul 09 by goingforward	Replies:2 :479	Latest by goingforward 20 Jul 09
Consent Order Expiration ?? we signed a consent order last July, where I am paying for 2 children which we share 50-50 the amount of 900 pounds The amount I am paying is 3 times w ... 06 May 09, by GOAHEAD Latest 20 Jul 09 by Fiona 1 2 3	Replies:14 :1533	Latest by Fiona 20 Jul 09
sent brother to do dna test The father of my two children thought he would get away with sending his half brother to do his dna test.Only when i got the results they included a picture i p ... 20 Jul 09, by lynne1978uk Latest 20 Jul 09 by Angel557	Replies:1 :391	Latest by Angel557 20 Jul 09
Shared residency and Income support and CSA I have regular over night contact with my daughter. If my daughter stays the equal number of nights with me and with my X wife. 1 Will there b ... 17 Jul 09, by smalik Latest 17 Jul 09 by Angel557	Replies:1 :434	Latest by Angel557 17 Jul 09
Global maintenance Hi Guys and girls. I am now coming up to a year after my divorce.I remember someone saying i could go to the CSA after a year. I pay my children mainten ... 24 Jun 09, by Fulham steve Latest 16 Jul 09 by Fiona	Replies:5 :419	Latest by Fiona 16 Jul 09
Made redundant can't pay maintenance I was divorced back in 2000. I have a consent order in which I agreed to pay for my children a monthly figure which increases in line with inflation until they ... 16 Jul 09, by Whittm56 Latest 16 Jul 09 by Active8	Replies:2 :468	Latest by Active8 16 Jul 09
Demand for maintenance arrears My husband lost his buisness last year, we had advice of this is May 09 and it has taken a year to get the administrators to tie things up. We currently have a ... 13 Jul 09, by Suzymb Latest 16 Jul 09 by colours	Replies:3 :435	Latest by colours 16 Jul 09
Laughed Out Loud CSA left a message on my phone on Saturday. I rang them back and they told me that STBX has agreed to pay £5.00 per week for his two sons - if that's not laug ... 14 Jul 09, by DessieB Latest 15 Jul 09 by DessieB	Replies:3 :337	Latest by DessieB 15 Jul 09
Child support Hi there recently divorced and have a consent order for £300/month CM for our 2 boys, agreed mutually, which is just over the CSA guidelines. ... 14 Jul 09, by newstart Latest 14 Jul 09 by IndyFilmGrl	Replies:3 :377	Latest by IndyFilmGrl 14 Jul 09
reduction in child support My ex has informed me that he has had a 10% salary cut and as a consequence will reduced my child support by the same percentage from next month.Can he just do ... 14 Jul 09, by kamarina1980 Latest 14 Jul 09 by Angel557	Replies:3 :370	Latest by Angel557 14 Jul 09
Question about child benefit and shared residency My husband and I are in a situation that doesn't seem to be addressed by the CSA. He is divorced from his ex, and we have shared residence of the children with ... 12 Jul 09, by IndyFilmGrl Latest 13 Jul 09 by perrypower	Replies:4 :420	Latest by perrypower 13 Jul 09
Catch-22 X refusing to pay Probably like a lot of mums I am having to work as my X is refusing to pay regular and sufficient maintenance. The mortgage and bills are regularly left until ... 12 Jul 09, by harrassed Latest 13 Jul 09 by harrassed	Replies:3 :389	Latest by harrassed 13 Jul 09
paying maintenance My ex wife left me for another man over 18 years ago and took my daughter with her. There was no violence or drugs, drink involved with the split, just me worki ... 08 Jul 09, by mrsad Latest 12 Jul 09 by Fiona	Replies:2 :441	Latest by Fiona 12 Jul 09
Letter to CSA re child maintenance I sent a letter to CSA explaining that I am paying for mortgage for the house where my children and wife are residing; I am also paying for the rent for my pers ... 08 Jul 09, by dreams Latest 12 Jul 09 by Fiona 1 2	Replies:9 :1270	Latest by Fiona 12 Jul 09
Is it not about time the CSA was held to account? My husband has done his best to avoid paying maintenance. He earns £40 an hour as a freelance IT technician. The CSA have assessed him as being liable to pay ... 12 Jul 09, by Beverley Scott Latest 12 Jul 09 by Angel557	Replies:1 :330	Latest by Angel557 12 Jul 09
Agreement not working and contact issues drag on.. Ok. Ex and i have 15 month old daughter. We had an agreement that he maintained regular contact and made monthly payments. In short, he has seen her only three ... 09 Jul 09, by arabellafigg Latest 12 Jul 09 by Deedum	Replies:3 :362	Latest by Deedum 12 Jul 09
child benefit does anyone have any similar experience of this problem, my wife has left, taking with her the fund in which she accrued child benefit in our childrens names, t ... 11 Jul 09, by zanadu Latest 11 Jul 09 by zanadu	Replies:4 :451	Latest by zanadu 11 Jul 09
Ex threat of custody I would love some advice from anyone who can help me, my ex thinks that our son would be better off living with him and even though i have suggested that we sha ... 09 Jul 09, by mumofone Latest 09 Jul 09 by mumofone	Replies:2 :351	Latest by mumofone 09 Jul 09
CSA - how long should it take? I am thinking about moving into rented accommodation with the children with me most of the time. Rent will be around £1000 per month. I can cope with that on ... 03 Jul 09, by snailrunner Latest 09 Jul 09 by sevenovnine	Replies:6 :481	Latest by sevenovnine 09 Jul 09
Child Benefit Hi there My ex-wife has stated to the Child benefit office that my son is now resident with myself...which is he most of the week anyway. I am now in r ... 07 Jul 09, by greatbigtrees Latest 07 Jul 09 by Fiona	Replies:3 :407	Latest by Fiona 07 Jul 09
Variation of child maintenance As part of my divorce settlement 2 years ago, I agreed to pay child maintenance for my now 5 year old daughter of a fixed amount that was 15% of my net salary a ... 07 Jul 09, by JFM Latest 07 Jul 09 by JFM	Replies:3 :354	Latest by JFM 07 Jul 09
Question re CM via the CSA Wonder if someone can answer a question for me. I have four children. 17 (re-sitting GCSEs and hoping to do A levels), 15, 13 and 10. I recei ... 06 May 09, by NewHorizons Latest 07 Jul 09 by NewHorizons 1 2 3	Replies:16 :1144	Latest by NewHorizons 07 Jul 09

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