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Child support and apprentiships Hi all Just wondering if someone could help us out. My step daughter is 18 and working for a apprentiship for 16 hours a week and a has a job at a fast ... 08 Oct 14, by Shazza2116 Latest 15 Oct 14 by Child Maintenance Options 1 2	Replies:10 :1254	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 15 Oct 14
Getting advice from CSA Hello All A few years ago my ex tried to stop me seeing my children and it coincided with her going to the CSA for money from me. I took her to court ... 09 Oct 14, by Mark100 Latest 13 Oct 14 by Child Maintenance Options 1 2	Replies:7 :1091	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 13 Oct 14
CSA criminal investigation for false death claim Hi I separated from my daughter''s dad while i was pregnant due to him being violent and taking drugs. He has worked on an off (some cash in hand) sin ... 17 Sep 14, by Hartnett92 Latest 18 Sep 14 by Hartnett92	Replies:2 :591	Latest by Hartnett92 18 Sep 14
CSA - Payments increase??? Hello, My partner and his (almost) ex made a private agreement (not CSA, but based ion their rates) regarding child support - 2 children ages 12 & 17/£ ... 10 Sep 14, by thehippy Latest 16 Sep 14 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:6 :582	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 16 Sep 14
Extra payments to be made? My wife and I signed a separation agreement around 6 months ago. We sold our home, where she took a slightly larger percentage of the equity and bought a flat o ... 10 Sep 14, by fairtradebananas Latest 16 Sep 14 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:4 :572	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 16 Sep 14
when does it end?? Hi all. After 4 long years I finally received the consent order. So now divorce over, finances over.....back to some normality?? No, now ex ha ... 13 Sep 14, by perin123 Latest 13 Sep 14 by perin123	Replies:2 :549	Latest by perin123 13 Sep 14
Savings and CMS How mych can you have in savings before CMS can touch? Also if in a joint account do they treat the balance as 50% for the. NRPs savings ie if someone has £100 ... 10 Sep 14, by hadenoughofitall Latest 11 Sep 14 by hadenoughofitall 1 2	Replies:11 :1176	Latest by hadenoughofitall 11 Sep 14
Cutting contact Sorry, posted in wrong forum. Please see contact forum ... 06 Sep 14, by FeelingLow Latest 06 Sep 14 by FeelingLow	Replies:1 :532	Latest by FeelingLow 06 Sep 14
CMS vs additional payments Hi, If you have an agreed plan put in place by the CMS, can this be challenged/increased through the courts by the way of separate additional payments? ... 03 Sep 14, by TurboB Latest 03 Sep 14 by TurboB	Replies:2 :503	Latest by TurboB 03 Sep 14
Child maintenance plus school and other costs? Divorced with 1 son who stays with me 3 nights/week, his mother 4 nights. Have been paying her £600/month while he was at nursery (family based agreement) and ... 19 Aug 14, by Ferbin Latest 02 Sep 14 by stepper 1 2	Replies:12 :978	Latest by stepper 02 Sep 14
General Form of Order - Ancillary Relief Hi, I have a general form of order - Ancillary Relief dated 2006. I am happy to pay what it says within it but I am unsure as to when it stops. The sta ... 22 Aug 14, by Browner Latest 28 Aug 14 by Child Maintenance Options 1 2	Replies:7 :1465	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 28 Aug 14
Variation Hi Hoping someone can clarify but given the changes from CSa to cmo I am trying to confirm whether making payments to marital home (mortgage + secured loan) ... 17 Aug 14, by nk111 Latest 20 Aug 14 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:4 :451	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 20 Aug 14
urgent help required CMS v Court Order Please can someone advise. I have a court order from 31st July, stating I have to pay £250 per month CSA starting on 26th AUG until I get the CMS assessmen ... 15 Aug 14, by tk1 Latest 18 Aug 14 by tk1	Replies:3 :473	Latest by tk1 18 Aug 14
Dilemma Hi Haven''t been here for a long time ... but have a real dilemma re child support & wonder if anyone could advise? History is Divorced 20 ... 31 Jul 14, by fairylandtime Latest 15 Aug 14 by fairylandtime 1 2	Replies:12 :1000	Latest by fairylandtime 15 Aug 14
Stopping Contact to gain more CSA Money I have had my daughter every other weekend for the past year. During this time I have paid the mortgage (no CSA). We went to court last week for the FDR (we a ... 13 Aug 14, by tk1 Latest 14 Aug 14 by Fiona 1 2 3 4	Replies:21 :1508	Latest by Fiona 14 Aug 14
Is Savings Interest Calculated as Income I earn around 30k per year and am happy to pay child support on this figure. However due to a family crisis my father has asked me to put my name his bank books ... 07 Aug 14, by tk1 Latest 14 Aug 14 by Fiona 1 2	Replies:7 :958	Latest by Fiona 14 Aug 14
Help - Can Ex Claim Extra CSA than Calculator? I have been separated for 15 months and divorced for 6 months and have not paid CSA due to paying the full mortgage on the family home. Last week we were in ... 05 Aug 14, by tk1 Latest 14 Aug 14 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:4 :441	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 14 Aug 14
Does gross income include P11d cash equivelant ? Some advice please. I received my assessment from the CSA (CMS) and which seemed £90 per month more than i had anticipated. After reading through i not ... 13 Aug 14, by tk1 Latest 14 Aug 14 by tk1	Replies:2 :482	Latest by tk1 14 Aug 14
Child Maintenance Hi, I''ve started divorce proceedings from my wife. We have three children together (8,5,2). Where both full time workers, who earn over £65k. As I have suffer ... 02 Mar 14, by Maverick73 Latest 07 Aug 14 by WYSPECIAL 1 2 3	Replies:14 :1227	Latest by WYSPECIAL 07 Aug 14
Big problems with Gross calculation Hi, I currently pay £300 pm for my one child which is a family based arrangement whilst my divorce is ongoing and was worked out using 15% of net inco ... 18 Mar 14, by dampsquid Latest 18 Jul 14 by Bobbinalong 1 2	Replies:8 :992	Latest by Bobbinalong 18 Jul 14
First Tier Tribunal I have put in an appeal to the first tier tribunal. Basically the ex didn''t do company accounts for 4 years and could not submit them to the CSA when I put in ... 13 Jul 14, by xxxxhelpxxxx Latest 13 Jul 14 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:1 :425	Latest by WYSPECIAL 13 Jul 14
Hard to not ''bad mouth'' Dad to kids I do pretty well on this but do have moments when I simply can''t keep up the pretence of ''I''m sure Dad loves you but he just must be busy ... skint .... tire ... 25 Jun 14, by homegal Latest 25 Jun 14 by homegal	Replies:5 :498	Latest by homegal 25 Jun 14
Change Consent Order to Family Based Agreement My ex wife and I have been divorced for just over a year and I currently pay an amount as defined on the consent order for the support of our child. We ... 16 Jun 14, by somehelp Latest 24 Jun 14 by Child Maintenance Options 1 2	Replies:9 :993	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 24 Jun 14
Child support reduction whilst ex is on holiday? My husband''s ex wife is only concerned with money, and we have been.paying more than what we would have to pay via the courts ever since they divorced. She is ... 14 Jun 14, by mrsmungo Latest 23 Jun 14 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:2 :487	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 23 Jun 14
Child Support vs Maintenance Pending Suit I am currently paying rent & bills for my ex as part of an arrangement reached at court. I have also agreed to pay other money as maintenance pending suit. ... 19 Jun 14, by Man38 Latest 20 Jun 14 by Man38	Replies:4 :799	Latest by Man38 20 Jun 14
Child maintenence My hisband and i are separated after 11 years of marruage, my daughter is now 15 ( from my previous marriage ) Is my soon to be ex liable to maintain her financ ... 09 Jun 14, by MrsTerry Latest 20 Jun 14 by MrsTerry	Replies:4 :498	Latest by MrsTerry 20 Jun 14
New to child maintenance, advice needed My divorce is almost final, and now I need to sort out paying child maintenance to my ex wife. Our children are 14 and 11, I''m self employed and in some financ ... 11 Jun 14, by Stratocaster Latest 18 Jun 14 by Child Maintenance Options 1 2	Replies:7 :1036	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 18 Jun 14
School fees order Dear all, This is a tricky subject which I can''t find an answer on. My ex ran off with an older man a couple of years ago. We agreed all the ... 14 Jun 14, by KevinB150 Latest 14 Jun 14 by dukey	Replies:3 :498	Latest by dukey 14 Jun 14
Child maintenance and mortgage Hello - I posted this on the child maintenance options area by mistake so please excuse me if you see this post twice! I would really appreciate some a ... 03 Jun 14, by SadAlice Latest 13 Jun 14 by Child Maintenance Options 1 2	Replies:7 :1216	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 13 Jun 14
Child maintenance directly to teenager My ex has told my teenage son that he will pay maintenance to him directly. This is already causing (obvious) problems with my son wanting to keep a portion of ... 27 May 14, by samtha Latest 10 Jun 14 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:4 :890	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 10 Jun 14
CSA payments, disability and full time education Hi all, me again 1 child 16, disabled, plan is that he goes into full time residential education at 19 for 3 years 2nd child, 13, will most li ... 24 May 14, by maddogtps Latest 10 Jun 14 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:3 :536	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 10 Jun 14
Consent order wording on leaving school Hi Consent order states maintenance to be payable until child "completes full time secondary education" Child is already 18< ... 31 May 14, by poppy5 Latest 02 Jun 14 by Fiona	Replies:6 :586	Latest by Fiona 02 Jun 14
Child benefit payments me and ex have a voluntary arrangement based on calculator on Child options Website This is based on a percentage according to the web site plus deduct ... 22 May 14, by scfisher Latest 31 May 14 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:6 :563	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 31 May 14
Ex moving to Australia (filed a Specific Issue) Hi, I am looking for info on financial matters after knowing my ex is flying off to Australia with our kid. Background: My ex had our child af ... 04 Apr 14, by frustrated_div Latest 31 May 14 by Child Maintenance Options 1 2	Replies:7 :1475	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 31 May 14
CSA Payments keep missing..... I went to the Final Hearing for Ancillary Relief over 2 months ago. Since that day I have only had one payment of Child maintenance through the CSA of £10 over ... 30 May 14, by alison310 Latest 30 May 14 by sulkypants	Replies:1 :456	Latest by sulkypants 30 May 14
One child with each parent Bit of a complicated one this one. My partner has 2 sons with his wife, they have been separated 5 years but not divorced, my partner has always paid t ... 12 May 14, by Runnerbeans Latest 29 May 14 by Child Maintenance Options	Replies:1 :502	Latest by Child Maintenance Options 29 May 14
Will it be taken into account? hi Does anyone have any experience if CSA arrears and the total refusal to pay CM goes against NRP when judge decides consent order outcome? I want ... 28 May 14, by Hejofl Latest 28 May 14 by Hejofl	Replies:2 :581	Latest by Hejofl 28 May 14
Appealing a DEO Firstly, let me state clearly that I have no problem paying maintenance for the upbringing of my children. I do however have an issue with being subjec ... 20 May 14, by osb	Replies:0 :369
Child Benefit Just wondering if anyone can give any advice on a child benefit dispute. me and ex have two children, shared equal nights over two weeks. I have sugges ... 13 May 14, by DivorceDad Latest 13 May 14 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:2 :537	Latest by WYSPECIAL 13 May 14
CSA payments have stopped since final hearing.... We had our final hearing a month ago and immediately following that my child maintenance payments have stopped. I called the CSA and they don''t know why paymen ... 08 May 14, by alison310 Latest 08 May 14 by Fiona	Replies:1 :513	Latest by Fiona 08 May 14

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