Ex-wife knows how to play the CSA

CSA have got it coming to them, they ruin the lives of the dads who want to pay! I blame the Conservative Government who brought the CSA into force - something has to be done

Hifeelp Help Help my partner and I are living in rented accomodation and struggling to survive I have one child to previous partner and he has 2 children to previous marriage my partner gave his ex wife all his share of the house when they divorced ammounting to over 80,ooo however because of her greed with the csa we are living in poverty and because of the pressure of it all will most likey end up splitting up my partner has had a breakdown and im on anti depressants all because of the csa payments to his ex wife who has new partner now and a very healthy income indeed

The title of this gripe is "Ex-wife knows how to play the CSA" - I suppose it should be changed to "Ex husband knows how to play the CSA".

It's the usual double standard. If the women do something wrong they are b itches, if the men do it then they are just being "lads", ducking and diving.

Nothing changes.

If you are in arrears with the csa,you can tell them what and how you want to pay this back,i had arrears of over £2000,i told them I could only afford £5 a week and thi they had to except as you are seen to be trying to pay it back.Don't let them boss you!!!

My ex has stopped me seeing my son and whilst I wait for a court date the csa have rewarded her by increaseing my payments to her the system is a joke

my hubby and I have a 3month old and he has 2 children from a previous relationship, his 2 children are worth twice what our new child is. every child should be worth the same? CSA keep telling my hubby hes fallen behind yet they take the money directly from his wage so how can he fall behind? CSA are RUBBISH. I feel the only people this system works for is the mother. It doesnt matter if we cant pay our rent this month, protecting the children? how about they consider protecting the child he has to provide for day in day out. Shes recieving benefits for her children also, plus her wage and her new partners very well off wage while we struggle. JOKE!

My estranged wife qualifies for a Family Tax Credit payment of £254.00 per week (£1100.00 per month). for four children she also receives between myself and her first husband a monthly CSA payment of £1100.00 per month, and then on top of that she gets the Family Allowance payment of £262.00 per month and a personal income of approximately £550.00 per month.
I have also been advised that she qualifies for assistance for rent. Taking into account all of the above I have calculated that she has a monthly Tax free budget of £3012.00 cash. If you add the potential cost of rent and council tax into this it could take it up to £3572.00 per month. (On average a four bedroom house in our area would cost about £500.00 per calendar month plus council tax.)

Apply taxes and National Insurance to this, and her gross annual income would be in the region of £57,000.00. Not bad for less that 16 hours per week!

did you know from april 2010 people on benefits now get the full amount of csa with no reduction to there benefit!

yes there are some good hard working women out there that do only think of the kids I think the problem is some women use the csa for revenge and the system works good for that I am on minimum wage was paying my x direct but she went to csa nowing she would only get 20 a week just to make me suffer and pay more she is on income support so govement get the rest that is not for the good of the kids

at least your shut off your x, me and my partner are now going through this over spending she provides no clothing or food we have the 2 children more each week than she does, and she always stops the children coming when we contact the csa we both work full time infact we both have 2 jobs now are outgoings are more than what we both have coming in, his x lives a life of luxury doesnt work recieve loads of benefits and so on csa are wrong! its payment so the women can have a good time and live their life while the men suffer and look after the children

The whole thing is a con my ex gets £ 50 per month more than me with benifits etc and then I have to pay so she can go off dancing, clubbing, drinking, holidays abroad aks me to pay towards passports for the kids !! and all I can afford to do is a sun newspaper weekend. pay csa of £ 200-00 per month take that off my wages add to hers £ 5400 per year take home better off, had to give her 70 % of the house as she has lower earning potential !! the law is a DONKEY !!

Maz, and anyone else, don't anybody expect the CSA to ever pack up and go away, far too many civil servants depend on this easy sitting down number for a living,

And the often guilty recipients of this cash won't give up their free meal ticket, free house, and bone idle, non working lifestyle, (please take note I didn't say ALL women)