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My daughter has been in Hospital for 8 weeks and I was wondering if I am still meant to maintain the CSA payments. Any advice would be invaluable. Many thanks
Hello kneller42
The answer to your question largely depends on what type of maintenance arrangement you have in place.
If you have a family-based arrangement in place, which is an agreement between the parents without the involvement of the Government or legal system, there are no set rules to follow. Therefore, it is up to the two of you to discuss and decide when the payments start and stop.
If you have a statutory arrangement in place, for instance with the Child Support Agency (CSA), the payments should continue unless they decide otherwise. If you do have a statutory case, you should contact them to inform them of the change in circumstances so that they can make amendments to your case, if necessary.
If you would like to receive information about the different ways that maintenance arrangements can be set up and to receive a more personalised service, you can contact Child Maintenance Options directly, http://www.cmoptions.org.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have a web application, ‘Sorting out separation’. It aims to make it much easier for separating and separated parents (and childless couples) to find the support they need, when and where they need it, and encourages them to collaborate on a range of issues. The link is http://www.cmoptions.org/en/sortingoutseparation/index.asp.
Regards
William
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