csa

[the biker]

 has the CSA made your life a living hell like mine

[Elfin]

Sorry to hear you're having a bad time with it. The way they apply the 'rules' seems pretty random. I didn't get a penny from my ex although to be honest I didn't pursue it so he slipped through the net unscathed.  Other people seem to be able to get away with an informal agreement, bypassing CSA altogether.  However, at the other end of the scale I do know guys who are well and truly taken to the cleaners for no apparent reason and the amounts they have to pay per child differ although they are on similar incomes.  It's a mess.  Very stressful.

[sharran]

i am in the same boat as you my ex wont pay much for his children so i thought as you do. you here so many storys about the csa doing this and that and helping dads pay for the kids that i thought that is what i would do as i never knew  when or how much i was going to get from one mth to the next. so i rang the csa and they have given me wait for it �20.09 a mth to bring two kids up on. but my ex was paying around � 100.00 to �160.00 so why do we both with csa.

[Strangeways]

Looking at your replies in the Just Wanted To Boast thread below, is it any wonder?

[Oor Wullie]

Strangeways. Can you explain your reply please?

[wonky]

Good luck, i think its such a pain i grew up with my mum and she never recieved a penny from my dad, im obviously over 18 now so i have missed the boat, and then on the other hand a friend of mine gets 10,000.00 a yr for her one daughter that she doesnt let him see. Where is the logic in it all!!??

[claireking]

hi there

ABSOLUTLY!!!! CSA in my eyes are just a waste of time, id rather live without his money. It took me 2 years to get 55.00 pound a week out of him and he still refused to pay it, phone call after phone call. All i can say is if they do not want to pay for there kids they have no roght to see them until they can prove they are a responsible parent and provide for there kids!!

[blueeyedlass]

well my partner was paying �55 a week for his 2 daughters and his ex wife wasnt even allowing him to see them.so its not always the case of the father not willing to pay for his responsabilities.