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Hi People
My Ex just contacted me to say she`s been in touch with the CSA and expect a letter but we have had a personal agreement since 2012 were i pay here by standing order and have never missed payments. I even have it in writing " this liability for child maintenance ended on 25-09-2012 " this was because she no longer wanted the case to continue. I dont owe the CSA arrears so surely they would no longer be involved if she contacted them now and the case would now go through CMS.
Thankful for any advice
Hi there
If you have a letter from them stating that your case was closed in 2012 then you should be ok as far as arrears are concerned, hopefully you referenced the standing order payments as child maintenance.
She can of course reopen a case at any time and it looks like this is what she may have done. If so then the new case would come under the CMS. I'd just wait and hear what they have to say and then act accordingly.
Good luck
Hello Glock182
As mentioned by Nannyjane, if you received a letter from the Child Support Agency (CSA) stating that your liability had ended, you should not have built up any arrears since that date.
If your ex has now applied to the Child Maintenance Service, they will contact you with their calculation. Your responsibility to pay with them starts from around the time they contact you, so you would not have any back-dated payments to make to them either.
If you would like more information about any possible case involving you, you can contact them directly, http://www.gov.
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.dad.info/divorce-and-separation/sorting-out-separation
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William
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