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Hi there,
My husband is having £224 taken from his wages for maintenance that he allegedly didn't pay when she was younger.
This is causing us financial hardship, as we have 2 dependant children.
My ex husband is remarried and has 2 step-children, and they are taken into account when his maintenance to me is calculated.
However, when we tell the CSA that we have 2 actual children that need supporting, they don't want to know! They tell us we have no right of appeal, and that we can't do anything - how is that fair when his daughter is now an adult and this money is going directly to his ex-wife and not being used to support a "child"?
Thanks in advance
Hi there
This is happening a lot, it seems that as they are moving cases over to the new system, these so called arrarrs are surfacing, often unfairly so.
I would have thought you could appeal, they do have an appeals/complaints process. However if you are hitting a brick wall you can try going to your MP for help.
I would also ask them for a breakdown of the alleged arrears in writing, in fact ask that all correspondence be put in writing, so that you have a record of it, they do tend to change their minds depending on who you talk to.
Best of luck
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