my ex and i split in june 2006 officially we had been split a month by then but still shared bank account as i couldnt close it on my own and he wouldnt so didnt claim benefits til then as was stuck with no proof of what i ghad etc. anyway from june 2006 til august 2007 i recieved some money through the csa for our son but never the full amounts due, then from august 2007 i have had nothing despite them having attachment from earnings set up, his address, his employers address etc etc, finally they have sent it to their enforcement team with a view to taking him to court over it. they said this take 2-4 weeks til they set a court date however they have been fobbing me off for so long and its all false promises - they have been promising to send it to enforcement for the last 9 months!!! so i dont know what to believe and what happens in practice anyone know??
also at court they can send bailiffs, take driving licence, take his passport and send him to prison anything else if he wont pay the full amount immediately or within whatever the set period is?? he has no driving license, no passport and lives with his parents so they can probably say everything in house is theirs so im guessing bailiffs would never get full amount as he owes well over 2000 as far as i know though maybe more as not got exact figures yet - they are supposed to be sending them to me so if he went to prison, does he still owe the debt or is that seen as paying the debt?? and when might i see some benefit fro this all other than nasty phonecalls because im "trying to take his money" lol??? he doesnt see his son through his choice and through the fact that due to him abusing him it would have to be supervised and he refuses to do that so can he argue this, or in fact has he got any arguements to not pay?? he is on birth certificate and i know he is 100% the dad as i wasnt with anyone else, but even if he decides to ask for dna surely he has already paid some and is on birth certificate so that means he accepts child as his?? dna would come back on him anyway so they surely would still continue with same route etc just take longer??? anyone any experience of all this stuff???