Advice about CSA please?

[catkin14]

My exh is very high earner but is not paying nearly enough maintenance for our DC. We are getting divorced but no financial settlement has been agreed yet.
My solicitor has said go to CSA and let them sort it, but a friend said today that she thought the CSA take some of the money he gives if i go through them.

Is this so?
Is the CSA a good idea? I badly need the extra money.

Get a very good solicitor. I wouldn't bother with the CSA.

No I'm pretty sure you get all of the money for DC.
My XH tried all sorts to get out of paying so I had an attachment of earning until dd stopped full time education at 19.

Hth

The CSA don't take a cut ...yet

It may come in. If your husband is paid by an employer I.e. Transparent earnings the CSA will be able to force him to pay the correct amount. If his employment is easily hidden...they are not that interested tbh

no he is employed.
He is being very difficult over every single thing that he possible can. He has told his solicitor that he will pay correct amount but doesnt.
I have told him I will go to CSA if he doesnt and I dont think he believes me, so Im now going to prove him wrong.
Maybe if he sees me doing this he will believe me when I tell him we will go to court to get judge to split assets fairly if he wont!
Just about had enough!

You need to ring child maintenance options (quick google sorry cant link in phone) before the CSA will speak to you I did this this morning

They talk through options such as family based agreements and direct payments. At the moment the CSA is free but charges are coming and will be paid predominantly by the non resident parent -family based agreements and direct payments will not be liable to fees

If you don't think that your ex will pay reliably then they can collect direct through his wages -this is what will be charged for

I registered a case this morning and they were really helpful and then put me through to the CSA -be prepared to spend 45 minutes ish on the phone and make sure you have a pen and paper ready

Thank you, that was very helpful.

I really dont want to do this but i think Im going to have to.

I've spent 3 years putting it off

I know he's going to kick off when he gets the letter from them but its honestly a massive weight lifted off my shoulders

why does it feel so bad to ask for something that our DC's need?
He pays more money in to his new womans account than he does for DC maintenance but still I feel guilty about asking for the money!

Don't feel guilty..It is money to support his and your children

I agree to contact CMO. They can assess him and advise the amount due. You can still have a private srrangement. If he refuses to pay up then CSA can collect the money.

Charges will be coming in at some point but he would pay more than you.

Personally we just use the csa to work out how much my husband should pay his ex and then do a private agreement. My ex pays what we agreed and I didn't use the csa because my ex gave me a figure and I snapped his hand off ;)

Thanks, I think CSA will have to collect the money, he refuses to speak to me in anyway at all so no private agreements going to happen here I dont think!
Amount has been agreed via solicitors, he just wont pay it!

Classic stalling. Until the CSA have been informed they cannot make him pay. Your solicitor cannot make him pay.. The longer he negotiates the more money goes in his pocket that your DC will not benefit from

Call the CSA today