[Solved] Child Maintenance When Child Not in Education

Thanks for your kind words Jellybean, just a pity you couldn’t find exactly what you were looking for here... but as you rightly touched upon, you get a very real sense on here, that there are countless others being treated badly by the CMS, and there is a certain comfort from knowing that.

I think guys in general are getting a little better at opening up and sharing their feelings... we need more forums like this, to get the message out there...”talking really does help and asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness! “

Please do keep us posted DF123

Bill... I don’t think it’s a good idea to get the kids to sign letters, it could cause all manner of problems between them and their mother.

I think it’s best to keep our children away from adult/parenting issues... involving them will only cause upset for them.

The Government make a big thing about detecting benefit fraud, but from what previous members have said, no action was taken against the mothers, even after reporting them for benefit fraud to the dedicated benefit fraud hotline!

According to recent figures 88% of reported fraud was not acted upon, due to lack of evidence.

Jellybean - thanks for your kind words about the forum and wish you all the best with your tribunal.

Do let us know how you get on.

Bill - agree with mojo - not a good idea to ask this.

I'm no expert in this field, but I would have thought the onus would be on the agency to prove that the father is liable.

I have exactly this problem, with 2 of mine. Been fighting this for over 2 years now. But refuse to give up. Followed the process in the original post, waiting on tribunal date.
The CMS are tying themselves in knots, are different answer every time they call me, first they cannot investigate, then they can, then they cant, then they can, you get the drift.
I too am sure they just hope you give up.
Reported it to Child Benefit multiple times, have recently managed to find out that it appears they have never investigated, or if they did it was a pathetic effort.Data Protection is an utter nightmare.
This is clearly a problem, one which I think they are desperate to not expose.
I have involved my MP, it helps to stop them from ignoring you:whistle:
Wont be giving up, this has had an effect on one child's future and beginning to on the second, not happy.
The powers that be need to close this "loophole" as it is ruining children's/young people's lives in some peoples quest for cash

someone else posted recently that the fact that child benefit is being paid does not necessarily mean that child maintenance has to be paid - this was news to us on here as well.