Child Support Agency

I would say it's nice to hear everyone having the same grief with the CSA, but my sarcasm won't come across too well :)

From my dealings with them I have to say they are THE single most useless, uncomprimising and unhelpful organisation I've had to deal with. I have always paid maintenance and recently the CSA (or CMEC as they call themselves less commonly) have flexed their muscle in my direction, I had a 'deduction of earnings' order set up against me because my ex 'no longer wishes to have a private agreement' I'd expect it if i'd been an errant father, but I couldn't be anymore supportive, finance wise, if I tried.

Anyway I won't bore you with my details, just my experience of the useless shower that is the CSA. Spoken too like a piece of dirt, not interested in what I have to say and whatever you ask advice wise they're not interested. Every time I speak to them I get a different answer and the figures quoted never match up. Great for trying to organise your financial circumstances. :rolleyes:

Nothing worse than being dictated to down the phone, democracy in this country?? Pah. Certainly not in their books.

Irony of it all? My ex hasn't had money for 2 months now.. "We're all for the children" Sorry? You're a dire draconian organisation that creates issues and bad feeling than anything else more like. :mad:

/rant over.
 
Wow i'm amazed at the usual with them and i have to say i'm amazed at how simple the above situations seem compared to mine.

I'm currently applying for a variation to be carried out following separation. I pay a loan £103per month. This is for a car which she has the sole use of. She's contesting it saying she part-exed her old car to the seller.

I know this not to be true. I've actually now ascertained (by a visit to the guy who sold us the vehicle) a sworn statement that there was no part exchange and indeed the receipt even states paid in full and no part ex. Where is the DVLA fraud department because her Step Dads a mechanic and i have a feeling he is going to fiddle a Part 9???

I'm being lynched for £163 a month, even though i pay £650.00 housing (mortgage joint etc) so will be taking her to court for half the payments. Anyone know if this is possible?

I've hada good CSA caseworker lately and said i want her to correspond with me and not anyone else as she has a grasp of whats going on but the system cannot support me. I'm actually now working to earn a loss.
 
steve-h said:
Excuse my ignorance when it comes to the CSA... but why don't you just sort it out between you, as adults - instead of getting some Agency which seems to make a balls of everything to do it?
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Well Steve - Two reasons :

1) it all boils down to benefit fraud.

The CSA gets involved when 'Mum' is claiming benefits, and NOT declaring the money she is getting from 'Dad'. So the benefits (read 'tax credit') are greater.

Therefore the CSA FORCE themselves to get involved, so that 'dads' money is accounted for, and mum stops being able to commit benefit FRAUD, saving YOU AND ME AND ALL THE OTHER TAXPAYERS money.

Of course mum and dad are livid, thinking 'we have a private arrangement, we're all happy, WTF is the CSA doing forcing us to change? What cretins.' .. They don't understand the reasoning, and of course they personally may not be performing such fraud, but how is the CSA to know?


2) mum can turn bitter

At which point she says 'he never gave me ANY money' - he says 'OH YES I DID', she says 'OH NO YOU DIDN'T' and he finds he has to give her another £18,000 plus interest. Because she's greedy. At which point HE has to claim a load of benefits to survive, and the TAX PAYER (thats you and me) get stung AGAIN.



And of course you get muppets who set up their own system IN ADDITION to something the CSA is trying to work out. Honestly, how people like that ever THINK the money is going to be formally accounted for by the CSA beggers belief. Remember it is unacceptab le to GIFT your money away to your ex-wife or your kid or ANYTHING ELSE if it means you will be claiming more benefits. But no-one seems to GET IT! They just think the CSA is retarded and what business has it got questioning the money you give you your kid. If only they understood the CSA's actual remit -- TO SAVE THE TAXPAYER MONEY

The CSA is primarily for the benefit of you and me the taxpayer -- to stop cons.
 
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