Is it me or do the cms seem to have no real power when it comes to self employment!
My ex (DS dad) has decided to go self employed and started to muck around with maintenance. Prior to this he'd changed what he was giving me 4 times in a year but always gave him benefit of the doubt as least he paid.
Applied to cms as was last straw, and they ordered he should pay x amount. He disputed it so continued to pay much much lower y amount. Cms said it would take a while before they could action anything as I either had to reject the money for a few months so it was non payment or wait till it hits a certain nomination and then they can action it. He asked for mandatory reconsideration, it was rejected. He is now appealing through court and has not paid anything for 2 months saying he can't afford it! Have been to cms again to say hes now not paying at all but because he's appealing it they can't do anything until a judgement is made! It can take up to 46 weeks to be heard in court fgs!! In the meantime I just have to wait, continue to report and see what happens. Is it me or is this ridiculous??
Grrrr sorry, just needed a rant. It's been a hell of a couple of years with him, and he no longer has contact with DS (his fathers choice, safeguarding concerns so until these are addressed we can't move forward and he won't do anything to address it) and this is just the icing on the cake now!