they have set bailiffs on me ,i dispute their claim. i can not get legal aid and i have no savings ,how do i fight them, any good advice welcome .my daughter was 17 in 2001 and i have court order saying i had to pay 5.00 a week untill she was 17 years or further order at the rate of 5.00 per week . child surrport agency give me no help when i phone them , just pass me round and round on phone nobody will explain how they came to 6.000 bill for 2001 2003 please help .its took me 2hours to type this cant work computer ,if possibill please phone keith on 01912261160 and i will ring back thanks.
2006-09-28 23:26:27 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
ouch!! why didnt u just pay the 5 pounds a week....
2006-09-28 23:27:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you contact ICE that is the Independant Case Examiners they can check things for you, and also the Ombudsman. Both addresses are on the CSA web pages under 'contact us'.
If you owe any money , even under dispute any solicitor will advise you to make a minimum contribution.
I am a PWC with an ex-husband who won't pay for our 2 sons, I know the CSA can make mistakes with NRP's, so if they have made massive mistakes with their calculations then I can sympathise, but you make no mention of having made any attempt to make payments, so I can't be too sympathetic I'm afraid.
NRP's in some cases walk away from their responsibilities and think that their offspring are not their financial responsibility anymore. I assume from the level of payment imposed you are either unemployed or on a very very low wage, either way you have a debt, and it should be treated as a priority debt.
2006-10-02 07:33:26 · answer #2 · answered by lippz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for the CSA to have sent the bailiffs in then you must have been trying dam hard to avoid paying maintenance as they use bailiffs as a last resort.
If your daughter continued in education until 19 then you owe that money and should pay up.
Dispite having a court order they do have the power to cancle court order's made from or after the date the agency first started and put a CSA assessment in place.
as you court order expired when your daughter became 17 they would not have had to cancle it.
2006-10-02 09:15:17 · answer #3 · answered by the main man 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to seek advice from either your local citizens advice bureau or your local MP.
You need to keep a list of all calls and all letters you send and receive from the CSA - they will mess you around and pretend they lost the appeal forms etc....they do this so you will pay.
Contact your MP and explain the situation to them as soon as possible, they will help if you explain the situation, if they don't get down the CAB as soon as you can.
The CSA do this to a lot of people and a lot of people pay up...don't pay up and keep all the paperwork.
DO NOT LET THE BAILLIF IN!
You could always ring a solicitor - use the following link
2006-09-29 12:00:36 · answer #4 · answered by jemimaj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
£6,000 for 2 years... That equates to £250 a month.. Doesn't seem unreasonable, of course the fact that she was 17 thru 19 at the time doesn't seem right.... Something doesn't quite add up here... If you really don't want to pay and the legal side is losing you perhaps the French Foreign Legion might be your answer, they after all as a nation seem to be full of legendary lotharios :-) Good Luck!
2006-09-30 19:03:57 · answer #5 · answered by David W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best thing to do is to seek a solicitor, go through yellow pages and ask them if they do family law and if they do legal aid. You do not need savings to be eligible for legal aid. If you are in receipt of income support you will be automatically entitled to legal aid. Also your saving need to be below 8,000 pounds. In family law legal help is assessed on whether you pass the merits test this means that if you are in need of it.
It seems totally unfair that you are being given a bill of 6,000 pounds in one go, only a fully qualified solicitor can help you, seek a solicitor.
2006-09-28 23:38:22 · answer #6 · answered by Tina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Need more info you are entiltled to legal aid once you dont have a job and you should be told before you have to pay that much and you also have to pay for your child up til the age of 18
2006-09-29 00:05:28 · answer #7 · answered by Blonde_o2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go and see the Citizen advice Bureau if you have one in your country, remember CSA have made very big mistakes in England and there is no trust in this department, they are changing the rules, so my advise is keep ringing CSA how they came to this figure, if you have no luck see an advisor, good luck
2006-09-29 00:40:23 · answer #8 · answered by Ruksana P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need proof of receipts that you paid child support or from bank statements. The bank statement will show when and where your money was paid to.
Otherwise, the French Foreign Legion looks like a tempting offer now, don't it?
2006-10-02 09:44:28 · answer #9 · answered by mmmporg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask them if you can pay in monthly instalments.
If you dont qualify for legal aid then you must be earning a bit, so just pay for a solicitors.
I earn 21k and I still qualify for legal aid!!
2006-09-28 23:32:59 · answer #10 · answered by OriginalBubble 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the end of the day pal. she is your daughter. You should have paid. Now you are paying. Go she a solictor.
2006-09-29 02:04:50 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋