CSA Back payments arrears / Assessment calculations help?
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I am a 44 year old male with 2 children from my previous marriage the children are 18 yrs old and 15 yrs old.
I have a 25% equity share in the matrimonial home which is payable when my youngest turns 18 yrs old.
I had accrued some arrears several years back and the CSA had agreed a monthly payment of around £60 per month on top of the normal maintenance payment. In all I have been paying £370 per month including arrears, I have just been re-assessed and the payments are going up to £550 per month, partly because I have been reassessed and my wages have gone up slightly (pitty they don’t reduce them when the cost of living goes up) And secondly because my arrears now have to be paid within a set period, which has taken it up by another £30 per week.
This has put me in an impossible situation, I am on the old system ie. 30% less certain expenses like my mortgage. I have since re-married but my wife as strange as it seem will not move in as she refuses to have anything financially to do with my children.
So heres the question…. can they ramp up my payments without any regard to my financial commitments?
My take home pay is £1850 monthly I have an £800 mortgage, council tax £100 per month + every day living costs, I have been accessed at £86 per week if I took out a pension (which at the moment I havent got one) would that reduce my maintenance payments?
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4 Comments
May 24th, 2009 at 12:58 am
ok the first child is 18 so unless they are still in school you should not be paying for the 18 year old
and C SA will take 25% of your wage no matter what
they don’t care about what you have to pay out
but it does seem like alot have you been on there web site and looked if what you are paying is right
good luck you are going to need it as the C S A are crap!
May 26th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
You may need to speak with your child support case manager or seek court modification for child support payment adjustments.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Your oldest son is 18 so why haven’t you got your 25% share of the home? My partner was earning the minimum wage, had a mortgage and they took £85 per week from his wages for 4 years even though he disputed parentage which the DNA proved but he didn’t get all the money back, just a few hundred that was taken from his wages during DNA testing. As for the CSA they can put up your payment because you have enough money to survive on, your younger son is 15, if he decides to go to medical school and train as a doctor do you know its the only training that you would continue to pay maintenance until he is 26 years old?
May 30th, 2009 at 7:11 am
It depends on what system of CS yo are on. If your a pre-2003 case then your mortgage payements are taken into account as other things as well.
If your post March 2003 then you should be paying 20% for two children. This system CSA2 have no interest in any financial commitments.
The current steer is that all arrears should be paid up straight away and are insisting that this be done, hence your rise. You should be able to come agreement to pay the arrears over 2 years at least. But you can repay over longer as despite what they may say they can arrange arrear payments over a longer time frame.
Pension payments will reduce your CSA payments.