[Solved] Help/Advise with CSA back pay arrears

Hi Rick

Why didn't she close her CSA case if you we're paying her direct, the trouble with you paying direct and her keeping the case open, she could say at any point she hasn't received money and you will have arrears

Are you sure she hasn't rang them recently and said your not paying ?

She would need to ring them and say you've been paying direct and she doesn't want the arrears collecting, I hope when you've been paying her direct you have a proper record of this ... ie standing order clearly marked CHILD MAINTENANCE

Hi Rick,

Really sorry to hear about your issues with the CSA.

She told me a long time ago that she spoke with CSA and told them we had an arangement and that i give her money, i was then told by her that they was happy with this and take no further action. What would cause them to bring all this up again?

Have the CSA contacted you before they informed you that you owed the arrears? Do you have an evidence of the maintenance payments you have been paying (e.g bank transfers to you ex's bank account?)

It sounds as if you and your ex have a resonable relationship - is she willing to say that you have been paying maintenance regularly?

Keep talking

Gooner.

Hi Goonerplum,

I was contacted by them a few years back saying i owed money but she said she closed the case and never heard anything since then. She has told me that she has not called them and dont know why they have got in contact again which i dont believe. I recently have had to drop her money to £160 due to financial issues but it was only going to be for the next 2 months, so i think she has done all this to try and scare me so i would pay the full £200. It would only be for 2 months, i think i know this as when i spoke to her on the phone she told me to carry on paying £200 and she will cancel the claim. She is getting married and needs all the money she can get i am assuming, plus she has 3 other children.

Unfortunately ii have only got proof of payment for the past year, i was too trusting and stupid really to think she wouldnt do something like this. She has also said that i have only been paying since 2011 which is such a lie and think she only is saying that as she was claiming at that time so assuming she will get in trouble for claiming and not declaring my money.

so without proof other than the past year she can say i have not given her anything?

Thanks for the help and advice its much appreciated.

Hi Huxley,

Yeah this is the thing i just believed what she told me and didnt think no more of it, silly boy i am.

I think she has thinking about it, i have recently told her that for the next 2 months i will have to drop her money to £160 instead of £200 due to financial issues and think she has called them to scare me. When i spoke to her on the phone she said she will cancel the claim only if i pay the full £200. She has also said i have only been paying since 2011 but that is such a lie and the reason for this i think is she was claiming at that time and dont think she was declaring the money i was giving her.

Only the past year i have been putting it into her bank, i was too trusting and stupid to think she would never try and blackmail me in this way.

Thanks for your help and advise its much appreciated.