Problems with CSA payments

I have been trying to get CSA to sort a problem out that I have with them for the last year. I have phoned, written and done every thing in my power to get it sorted to no avail. Today I phoned them once again and the operater l;aughted at me which was most rude. I am going around in circles and getting no where, Every month there is a problem and I must have spoken to just about all who work there. They are useless and have told me I need to keep track of what they pay me and if nor correct get in touch with them. My ex partner has monay taken at sorce so its the CSA that doent know what it is doing. Id give up but I need the money and although I have put numerous complaints in, nothing is happening. They have admitted they have failed me but nothing seems to be done and I am out of pocket by at least £500. This is a lot of money to me. Where do I go to get someone to help me??????

my childs father has diddled the csa somehow :s when we where looking for a house to move into he claimed he was on roughly £1000 per month, we budgeted on this figure to live, fortunatly we never moved into our house. he refused to pay anything for my daughter, 5 months down the line he still has not paid a penny for her needs. this lead me to contact csa to secure a stable future for my daughter, hes told csa he earns a pityful £150 a week and therefore has to pay £19 pounds a week for his daughter. if he paid £19 and I paid £19 per week I would find it very difficult to provide for my daughter, as every mother knows babies grow and grow and grow and seem to need new cloths every 2 to 3 weeks or so and bills are higher in the winter to keep my daughter warm in her home, electricity bills double sometimes triple because we know babies get mucky and have 3 maybe 4 outfit changes a day so means more wasing ect, also new toys for babies dont come cheap, and when weaning a baby that can get extremley expensive. I took legal advice and I am seeing matter through court in the near future, I contacted csa 14 weeks ago and still have not received any payment, I think myself lucky that I dont struggle as I live with my parents and my heart goes out to less fortunate mothers who the csa mess around with payments, the system is a joke and needs dramatic changes
lauren/female/20

I have a tribunal case waiting for a date (06/10) and contained in the paper work are comments all through saying that it is only the income used for child maintenance and not any related expenditure so the mortgage thing is wrong wrong wrong. CSA, they are a load of you know what! my ex has decided he works full time now for no money okay! and guess what they are still believing this ! pray for the tribunal to have some brains! hey tc thats some mortgage isn't it!!!

I've just had a letter from the CSA advising me my ex husband no longer has to pay anything at all for our two children aged 9 and 13. I've called them to find out the reason----------he has a new baby and his morgage is £302 a week!!!! We lived in army accomodation when we married, he ran up thousands of pounds of debt in my name resulting in me taking an IVA and living in council accomodation - my rent is less per month than his mortgage is weekly! The CSA feel it is appropriate for him to live a lavish lifestyle at the expense of his children. Does anyone have any idea who I can turn to for advice?

im disgusted they way my partner as got away without paying maintenance for his son who is now 16 . He says hes ill what a load of tripe csa have done nothing at all it would be different if it was me.

I am a father who pays csa every month to my daughter even know she forbids me seeing her due to a new partner in her life. My question is does csa have to follow rules and procedures when working out payments per months or do they have the authority to just take what they like?

All you that are saying get out and work. Some of us cant. I have two disabled children, one whoms my ex husbands. He owes my son 6,000 and is determined not to pay him a penny. Not all of us can work. I pay my way and so does my new husband for my ex;s kids. So stop saying women get a job.

Why should it only be the woman that pays for the kids when a relationship breaks down. Ive been waiting 13years for any money from the pig. No men are not mealtickets but should help with the everyday upbringing of their children. And thats what the CSA is meant to do. so you can be ashamed all you want. At least my kids know its me and their step father that support them financially.

Women should get jobs and support themselves. Men are not a mealticket. You make me ashamed to be a woman.

I have a debt of £40,320.10...no enforcement!
Self employed actively encouraged to defraud the system

my advice to any woman would be to choose more carefully when selecting a male of the species to father their children. Its a tricky job I know but if women were more clued up they would do well to assume at some point your man will leave you and your offspring to get on it alone. Bearing in mind 1 in 3 marriages fail the woman needs to prepare if possible for the inevitable and feather her nest financially in the years proceeding the inevitable. If not possible,get out there , find a job , go it alone and trust that retribution will be served when your ex , old and decrepid requiring the love attention and financial help from his offspring will be ceremoniously packed off to the grottiest old folks home that they can find.

Bye Bye, I don't have a problem getting my ex out of my mind, it is my turn to laugh now,

I have a problem with the bad system we have in the UK,

Guess what, my lad tried contact three years ago, my turn to say what he told me,

I just hate seeing other blokes being treated like I was,

I have problems with lots of subjects, this is just one of them.

just thought I would have a look thro the last year of comments to see what everyone is jibbering about as I came on to see what help I could get regarding the CSA. NOTHING from M Shorthouse who seems to have NOTHING to say about CSA problems but has a problem with women, GL has a problem with getting his x out of his mind, Wendy you should tell the papers to look at this site as your x is a hated editor who earns well over 100k and the public should know what a sleazball he is.csa I agree GL should shut up because obvious the child wouldnt go with him and to tell a decent mother to hand over a child = maniac.Im contacting the independant case examiner = thats the only route not this griping.Bye