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I am absolutely fed up with the CSA. I guess you could say that I am one of the lucky ones since I have actually been receiving payments through them, albeit not regular and often there ends up being a mess up of some sort and I end up having to ring them up.
Today was another one of those days where I had to ring them for the umpteenth time. This time it was about my October payment which they received on the 10th October and to date (8 th November) I have still not received. I originally phoned them about this a week after I should have received it to query where the payment had got to. I'm sure it will come as no surprise to hear that I never got a straight answer and was told someone would look in to it and get back to me. I was surprised to receive a couple of calls from them but the problem was still not resolved and no reason was given. I have been phoning up on a weekly basis and when told someone would ring me back last week, no one did.
I have just rung them up again and have been finally informed that an incident has only just been raised regarding this payment as it seems to be "stuck" in their system and they can not over-ride it. So they now have to get in contact with their "big boys" based on another site who, funnily enough, have hundreds of other incidents to deal with. Why has it taken so long for someone to finally realise that there was a problem with this payment?
Today I was informed that they have now received the November payment which is on its way to me and they don't foresee there being any problems with that. What really worries me is because of their incompetence and horrific computer system, my ex-husband actually owes arrears of around £990! This is money that rightfully belongs to my daughter and I really wonder if they will ever recover this money from him in full. Apparently my current payments include £32.64 of arrears which would mean that it will take a minimum of nearly 2 years to fully recover this money which is absolutely ridiculous! I did query this with them and asked about the rumours about the CSA closing and the lady proceeded to tell me that they haven't heard anything yet. But if it did cease to exist all cases would be closed which would mean that my ex-husband would get away with not paying me any of the arrears. Now tell me, how can this be justifiable?
As difficult as it may be, my advice to you is to try your very best to come to some sort of arrangement with you ex-partner regarding maintenance. Only involve the CSA if there is no other option. If you are in the process of going through a divorce, try to get an arrangement included in the divorce court order. Unfortunately I could not do the latter as he made himself insolvent just as the divorce was being finalised.
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So for all you accountants who help self employed scum dodge paying what they should be paying hope you all sleep well at night with your kids and wife.
CSA have been told on lots of occasions his so called salary does not match his kid style they say it's difficult because of TAX Free dividends another loop hole that the goverment won't sort out.
The last time this happened I didn't contact them until about 10 days after it was due to be in and it ended up taking nearly 4 weeks for them the release it from their system, in fact I had received the following months payment before the original payment showed up in my bank.
I am however sure that the staff managed not to get their wages 'stuck' in their system!
So it's now 3 days late so I have contacted them today as they 'understand how I feel' but will have to allow them 10 working days to release the payment from their system...why it takes 10 working days to press a send button is beyond me!
The payment will not go in in 10 working days, so it will end up being escilated to a supervisor (not convincved they exist in the CSA, if they did by goodness they want sacking!).
This time round I have been told that the payment may well be stuck as the system will not release the money if it is an incorrect amount! absolute rubbish! I wonder what my ex will think to this accusation especially as they had told me the last time that the payment hadn't been made! Urm....muppets the lot of them, just a shame that I cannot rely on the ex to pay without CSA involvement :-(
After reading most of them on here im the other way around.
My son ( 9yrs) lives with me court , all correct im the main parent with care.
I went through CSA to keep things above board. about 5 yreas ago.
Now ex partner run off with some one else and has 2 other kids living with her.
long story short im owed approx. £2800 errors and last payment was over 12 moths ago. as she says she's not going to work and her new partner is self employed so CSA say there is nothing they can do until she works.
What a load of Rubbish CSA are. What about all this sending bailiffs ect. round blah blah.... also CSA made a big muck up when I asked for my accounts details breakdown and the data they have on me ( as they also include her data ) tut CSA data protection.
Ontop of that I pay everything for my son and he goes to she her on 1/2 split school hols. She lives up north I live south. Shes also messing with his head emotionally which is not good and ontop of all that I give her that little bit of extra days with him and collect him approx. half way to help.. ( again my expense) so enough is enough now.
You can get sarky if you want but I still instinctively don't believe your story and I think a lot people won't.
Your figures add up to £4,200 plus mortgage every month. Your uncle would have to be pretty damn rich to afford that and unlikely to be "struggling to buy cruddy food".
What has all this to do with what we were talking about, which is JoJo's circumstances? GL
Considering I spent 5 or 6 times a year there of 4 or 5 days each, I know how many horses she has.
I was there through ALL of the court dates aside from one when I was working. He asked me to be there for support.
In conclusion, you know nothing of his experiences with her, circumstances with how much she wanted or how many things she tried claiming for.
I suggest you stick to acting like a psychic on another forum.
Of course some women are lazy scroungers, so are some men. What was your point?
Your example below seems made up to me. I doubt the CSA can decide that someone has to pay for the upkeep of 5 horses! You over-egged the pudding there.
I agree to a point. It isn't that all women should support and bring up their children on their own. Fathers that DO want to support their children often find the mother takes the child for the majority of the time and expects the father to pay for that time. When the father has the child which can be once a week for a few hours, the mother doesn't pay toward that.
My ex aunt took 4 children from my uncle, demanded that he pay 2.5k per month for them, 1k for her upkeep, pay the mortgage on the house HE bought while moving her boyfriend she had an affair with, in, to then need to pay 700 per month so she could keep her horsres, all 5 of them. All the time, refusing to allow my uncle to see his children at all.
The CSA and courts ruled in favour of her. He now lives in a horrid flat, struggles to buy cruddy food while she lives the life of luxury. Women like her deserve to be ki11ed.
Are you saying that the father should not contribute to the upkeep of his child, GL
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