Hi I am new to this site and was unsure where to post my thread apologies if its in the wrong topic)
My husband has a 10 yr old stepson who lives with us. His ex has not paid anything in terms of maintenance for 1.5 yrs (apart from £150). I finally managed to persuade my DH to go through the CSA (especially as his ex showed that he had no intention of making regular payments) and arrange regular payments (this was a struggle in itself as he likes to think things are 'amicable' between him and his ex. He contacted the CSA and although we knew his ex was not currently working (she was made redundant at Xmas) we thought we would get the minimum £5 a week. The CSA have done all of their checks etc and come back saying that as her son stops with her approx 52 days in a year, she does not need to pay anything towards him. How can this be correct? As he is still with us the other 300 odd days in a year. She also pays absoloutly nothing towards him in terms of clothes, swimming lessons, scouts fees etc etc. The CSA also said that they could not back date the claim either which seems unfair as she was working last year. Please advise