How come the GOVT has a system to collect in road tax and tv licence fees but can't get it right for absent fathers to cough up?
2006-07-24 05:13:39 · 16 answers · asked by WOW 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I agree with the person who said boo
2006-07-24 05:18:31 · answer #1 · answered by Maids Moreton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont agree with the CSA. OK, there are some genuine cases where people have these kids and then one parent leaves. But in this day and age people are better off not working and living off benefits.
A person I worked with was having a HUGE amount of his wages taken off him for 'child support', when it was proven that his child was begin neglected ( he wasnt allowed to see his child) and the money he was paying was going towards her nights out and drink and drugs.
Money collected for a child should be put into a trust fund for the when the child turns 18. That way you know the money you are being forced to hand over is going to be spent on the child and not on the parents.
Please understand I'm not saying this is the case for everyone - but if people are not allowed to see their kids than for no other reason than the parents dont get along they shouldnt get a penny. they are denying their children their mother/father and it makes me sick. If its money these people want - they should get out there and find a part time job.
2006-07-24 07:28:58 · answer #2 · answered by Sparkley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are mechanisms in place to collect child support from absent (or noncustodial) parents. I worked for a local human services agency for 11 years and fought the child support battle with my ex for 17 years. The laws are there. What the system lacks is judges willing to fairly and unilaterally enforce them.
Our county Family Court judge would threaten time after time after time ... that the "next time you come in front of me for nonpayment of child support you'll spend 6 months in jail." What a joke. And all the absent parents knew it would be years before they would spend any time in jail, if ever.
My daughter-in-law's ex was sent to jail twice for 3 months each time. He freely admits he'd rather go to jail than pay child support for their 3 kids. He always works jobs where he gets paid under the table. The last couple of years he's worked a regular job so she gets 1/2 of his income tax refund. The other half goes to the child he had after their marriage broke up.
2006-07-24 05:32:18 · answer #3 · answered by celticwoman777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a mans world and the system is designed to look the other way on many occasion. I'm in a situation where I have raised my 20 year old son without child support for eighteen years and it has been hard on me. The government talks about how they have enforcements, well where are they? I am not on welfare and I don't receive food stamps. All all fathers who are not in their children's lives should be made to help support their child. Better yet, they should be willing to help because it's their blood and they should not make their children suffer, struggle, or want.
2006-07-24 05:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't just absent fathers you know.., there are plenty of women who don't pay up..
The only reason the CSA came into existence was because of out of date judges in the family courts who used to think a parent with care could make do with £7 a week for 6 kids :-)
Personally I think they should hand the CSA to Global Video., one day late back and they are on you like a ton of bricks.
2006-07-24 05:20:07 · answer #5 · answered by WeeMags34 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I literally heard on the radio 10 minutes ago that they are replacing the CSA with a different agency which will focus more on collecting unpaid maintenance.
We can only wait and see if there will be any improvement.
2006-07-24 05:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by dashabout 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If couples would engage their brains before they hopped in the sack, and actually gave whether or not they want to have children any thought, there would never have been any need for the CSA to have existed in the first place.
2006-07-24 11:51:55 · answer #7 · answered by TrueBrit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the csa dont chase absent fathers - too expensive - they track parents who are most likely paying something and take more off them, or they take money from parents whose whereabouts are known by the custodial parent. Bunch of bandits. And i speak as the parent with custody.
2006-07-24 10:46:13 · answer #8 · answered by Allasse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God knows, what a right muck up they made of that. Now by the looks of they are scrapping it all together. Its a disgrace, I have had to go for 10 years without any money from my Ex at all.
2006-07-24 05:18:42 · answer #9 · answered by Mas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my boyfriend had 2 pay 170 out of his 550 wages for his 2 kids per week gave up job now on min wage p.s his wife broke the marriage up and he hasnt see them for 6 years even thou they live one mile away he want 2 see them.its not all fathers faults they just want a fair deal
2006-07-24 05:36:55 · answer #10 · answered by danielle1986 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i`m gutted the csa are about to be replaced, my ex woudn`t allow me to see my kids so i stoped giving her money. that was 3 years ago. a new agency might do a better job of getting money from me but i`ll try and dodge them as well
2006-07-24 05:27:49 · answer #11 · answered by chic miler 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋