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Hi really appreciate any help here
In short ive been paying my ex a verbally agreed fixed amount monthly since 2010, until the birth of my son with new partner, I lowered the amount using the csa calculator, she wasn't happy and went to the csa for payments, i stopped her payment on the 1st April whilst waiting for the csa to decide what i should be paying. i now have a payment plan with the csa starting on the 30th March, my ex believes she is still owed this April payment as it was for the previous weeks of march? and is taking me to a small claims court to get it???
Any advice? is she likely to win this?? we have no written agreement, and the csa aren't interested in anything before the 30th March?
really appreciate any help as i have no experience dealing with courts and find it all a bit daunting
Thanks!!! J
The small claims court is pretty informal, and basically (assuming it's not changed too radically) when you receive the papers, you put your counter argument and return it, and then you both turn up to the court. If she loses, she's out of pocket by the court fee (which isn't a lot), if she loses, then you pay what the court says, plus her court fee. There's no costs for solicitors etc, as they aren't involved.
If I was in your position, I'd let her do it and argue the point - as pointed out in the other thread, you have been paying as per the CSA figure, both before and since the CSA were involved, I doubt that a court would find against you, but if they did, you have only really lost the court fee.
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