question about CSA and calculation rules....

[whatthewhatthebleep]

So the maintenance for my DS was originally through the CSA...so it was calculated under the older rules...now the situation is that I then became too ill to take care of my DS for some 8months...my mother looked after my DS but my exp twunt immediately made contact with the CSA to tell them he no longer needed to pay maintenance because I didn't have full care of my DS....I don't know what CSA were thinking but they stopped making requests for any maintenance from exp twunt......

So....leap forward 8yrs after all these years of hassle and nonsense over getting exp twunt to pay regularly and decent amount, etc...finally decided I'd had enough and have now made an application to CSA again.....

The thing is...CSA have told me that the original case was never closed...just suspended so they will be going back to this original assessment and looking at this and sorting it all out from there....

My question is....will the maintenance be on the original calculation made back then 8 to 10yrs ago or will it be made with the new calculation rules.....????

I think the older rules will still apply, they are very reluctant to change people from the old system to the new. Don't quote me though

Bumping anyway...

Thanks....tbh I am sort of hoping this will be the case....I think it could take them a while to trudge through the financial evidences from exp for the past 8yrs....I'm expecting it to take a while anyway....he isn't going to be helping matters I'm sure of that....sigh....

He's army too so he can't drag things on too far as CSA can easily just go straight to army for all info and deduction's, etc if he doesn't comply himself properly....

I started getting maintenance last year, going back to 2001!
They are collecting a hefty amount in arrears, tis loads. I send him some back each month as he can't live off what he's left with, but that's only cos I'm nice

You may be pleasantly surprised when it's all sorted.

oh my...I wonder!!
You are a good person to be giving your ex money back too...I've not heard of that before!!
I won't be as nice as you when it all gets sorted...my ex isn't worthy of my good nature...
The amount he was paying through the csa when my son was 3/4yrs was a substantial amount so it will be interesting to find out what calculation it gets based on from back then....
I'm hopeful now... thanks

If the case has only been suspended rather than cancelled then yes is should remain on CSA1.

Incidentally id be complaining to the CSA. In the event that your DS was no longer living with you your ex should being paying maintenance to your mother. Maintenance is payable to the person looking after the child, not just if that person is your ex-partner.

Additionally were you still receiving the Child benefit, because if you were maintenance should still have been paid to you (and then in theory you should have passed it over to your mum).

AAh you see Whatthe - I am naice but also I realise that if he quits this job I'd get nowt again... so its not all out of the goodnesss of my heart!

Also, as it comes to me first - I deduct half for any extras that I've 'asked' him to agree on

When I was ill and my son was living with my mother...the SS were supposed to be helping my mother to apply for the Child benefit and tax credits and maintenance but she never got a penny from anywhere....

I have suspected that my exp applied and got these benefits but cannot prove this....it's the sort of thing that wouldn't surprise me he would have done...His first call was to csa to stop making payments to me when I was ill....he must also have lied and said that he had care of his son....so csa didn't investigate who had care of DS...which is probably why I have found out that csa only suspended the case rather than cancel it....makes more sense to me now.

My ex would see my DS...picking him up for a few hours from my mother but he never put his hand in his pocket....even though my mother asked a few times about this...
My exp is a devious, law unto himself and it has never been about being a good father or provider to his DS....
This finally will go a long way to re-address his short comings and blatant disregard for his child....
I've never been a person to actively seek revenge and though this is about my DS and his entitlement to this financial support from his father, it also does feel like a revenge too....he will get what he deserves and his son will get what he should have had...
If these payments are successfully restored and back payments are made then I will be able to treat my mother with something and reimburse her to some degree too....that would make me feel better too, as without my mother my DS would have been going into the care system back then, as his father wouldn't look after him and was willing to see this happen to his DS.....I owe my mother a great deal for her support during that time.