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..I've been hunting round for information about the changes to the current system.
In 2014 the CSA is to be scrapped and a new service introduced. This service will not be free, theres a £20 admin fee, and there will be charges made against each parent that wishes to use the system, 7% of the amount from the resident parent and 20% of the amount from the non resident parent, and I think thats charged with each payment made.
The whole ethos of the new system is to encourage parents to sort it out between themselves.
Cases where there is DV will not be charged and will be fast tracked!
Arrears will either be written off, a percentage of the amount owed negotiated between the parents or left as it is, but I'm not clear about if its left as it is, who would then pursue the payment of it.
Very interesting indeed - I had an idea of what was going to happen, but not seen it all together in one place.
My ex will not be pleased - she currently pays £5 per week, but I don't trust her to pay on her own, so since it's going up to £10 per week, I will be asking for mine to be administered, so I'll go from getting £5 per week to getting £9.30, and she'll go to paying £12 per week.
I agree - I would hope that the NRP isn't penalised, at least initially - if the NRP misses a payment then the penalty should apply in my opinion. In my own case, there is a history of my ex trying to avoid paying, which is why I will want it administered from day one.
i for one am personally expecting all those evil ex's working out they can ripple the NRP even more finacially than they would be for using the CSA.
i'd not be surprised one bit if my ex does!..........think about it this way.......my ex has a new hubby and child...and are finacially quite ok especially with 15% of my wages!!
and there's me.....struggling on less money...struggling to pay off debts in the form of a rather huge legal bill.......and now heres the perfect oportunity for the nasty b*tch to twist the knife just a little bit more!!!
i think the CSA is sh*te......and this new system is just gonna make it even worse for us decent fathers who want to support our kids by reluctantly paying for our ex's holidays and new cars...new clothes etc.... after all there are a lot out there tht do not use al the moeny for the kids who it shouldb be for!
if fathers want to pay...and have no issue in paying.......then why should the ex be allowed to insist on it going through this new system?
I agree with you dad-i-d, at present with my CSA and other benefits my ex is now better off than I will ever be. I wish mine was 15% of my wage at present i have been fighting with the CSA over how much one child costs, I have no problem supporting my daughter, but at £398 a month I think that is a bit excessive!
The Government should really look at what comes into the household income as a whole for the parent with care and see how much in reailty a child needs to be looked atfter correctly. I know my money pays for my ex to be out most weekends. I also find it annoying that even when you pay your money without any issues you are still penalised, I have no idea why??
The CSA are useless at the best of times now we are paying for the priviledge of them being useless!
Yeah I agree with Richie_P ... I have to pay £488 a month for a child I am not allowed to even see because i have been accused of violence even though there is no proof of this at all. I have paid thousands in legal fees while she has to pay zero. 1st thing that she did was join a Gym, hire a trainer, renew all her wardrobe and my 17th month old daughter gets whatever is left. I have two children by a previous marriage and was allowed full access. I paid more than I needed to and was always happy to help if there was anything needed at all. I never ever smacked any of my kids or assaulted my ex wife and she was more than happy for me to see the kids... This country is insane and the laws are easily abused and do nothing to protect the children. My daughter will probably never get to know me or see me all down to her loving mum who really only wanted the money. I woudl not actually begrudge the money if I knew it was going to my daughter... Now I have to pay even more 🙁 is there really any point in actually working any more? I really want my daughter to be looked after no matter what but she is not benefitting. Any surplus should be placed in an account for the child for education or if I lose my Job not wasted by the Mother.
"The whole ethos of the new system is to encourage parents to sort it out between themselves"
That is what they claim no doubt, but it is yet another cut-back on needed services. I am having problems with my ex at the moment as the only way she will pay is through the CSA, I think most people who can sort it out without them do, the rest use it because they have to. And soon my kids money will be given away! Rediculous!
If i understand this right it's frightening stuff. My partner received a letter from the CSA last week after always paying maintenance every month. She only went there to get him back for getting a contact order. (Apparently, wanting to see your kids is an act of spitefulness) She is so very stubborn that I can imagine she will be all for this and my partner will have to pay another £80 or so a month! She wouldn't care that the money doesn't go to the kids as long as he's suffering. And I suspect this will be true in a lot of cases.
Maybe I haven't understood it right. Are the fees deducted from the amount payable or is it extra?
I would imagine the receiving parent will have 7% of the full amount deducted from his/her payment, and the paying parent will have to pay 20% extra.
So for example, if someone has been paying £400 p.m., under the new rules they will have to pay £480, the extra £80 going to the government for admin costs! The parent receiving the payment will get £372 instead of the full £400...so from that one transaction the government will receive £108... admin costs my a**e, the [censored] gansters! 😡
I'm curious what will happen where the payments are deducted directly from the NRP's benefits.
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