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I have the CSA on my back!
I'm sure there are a lot of guys out there like me. I am perfectly willing to pay for my daughter and have done, sometimes, if finance permits, significantly over CSA guidelines.
However, my ex has decided she wants to get the CSA on to me and despite not receiving any letters from them till now they have decided to weigh in with a stroppy enforcement.
However, I have been on the calculator on the CSA website and according to that I am actually OWED £100 per week.
My daughter spends 5 nights out of every 14 with me but I earn significantly less than my ex. So, it works out that I owe her £17 per week, and she owes me £118.
I'm confused. Can both of us claim of each other? Or am I not allowed to claim because I have a [censored]?!
You can only claim csa if you claim the child benefit for the child
You could put a claim in to her but only if the above applies
Thanks Huxley,
My child's mother claims child benefit so I assumed I couldn't, even though I have my daughter approximately 40% of the time and nobody has been awarded residency as yet. Do you know if I can claim child benefit as well as her? Or even instead of, she earns significantly more than I do!
Thanks
It can only be awarded to one person and instead of would only be allowed if she decided you could
If she has your daughter 5 nights out of 14, then your ex is the parent with care, and she is the only one who can claim child benefit, and you have to pay maintenance to her. Under CSA calculations, that is 15% of your takehome pay, but you this will be reduced by 2/7ths as you have your daughter between 104 and 156 nights per year, so the actual figure would be about 10.7% of your takehome pay (assuming your ex agrees that you have your daughter this amount of time).
Hi Mikeycat
Thank you for your post. I am William the Child Maintenance Options consultant. So that we can try and provide you with relevant information, please can you confirm if you have a case in place with the either the Child Support Agency (CSA) or the Child Maintenance Service? The latter organisation started managing all new child maintenance applications from the 25 November 2013. This query is relevant as the online calculator on Gov.uk ( https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-child-maintenance/y) and on our website provides a child maintenance estimation based on rules used by the Child Maintenance Service, and not those of the CSA (as explained on the disclaimer on the calculator).
For more information on the ways to set up child maintenance, please visit our website at http://www.cmoptions.org. Alternatively, you can call us free on 0800 988 0988 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday or 9am and 4pm on a Saturday. We have a sorting out separation web-app that you may find useful. It offers help and support to separating and separated families. The link is: www.dad.info/divorce-and-separation/sorting-out-separation.
Regards
William
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