Child Support Agency.?

Question

I have recently been contacted by the csa concerning a child who is fifteen years old. They want me to pay 20% of my wages over to the mother. Even if I am the biological father ( I have refused to pay £300 to find out) why should I have to pay? The mother never gave any indication or information to me and I have never seen the child.
While I do not condone absent parents, I was NEVER a parent. I had no opportunity to act as one and have lost 15 years of the (my?) childs developmental years.
The childs mother has four children, each by different fathers, and lives in a council house.
I already pay for her and her various iligitimate offspring in the vast tax bills I receive yearly.

Has anybody heard of any methods of fighting the csa?
I was informed that they are to be closed down due to massive administrational mistakes, coruption and incompetence.

Any ideas?

And dont slag me off. I am a responsible, hard working man and I dont deserve to be robbed like this.

Thanks

Answer 1

You're an easy target mate. It should be up to the mother to prove that you are the father. Deny it. Tell the CSA you refuse to do this as you have no idea that you are the father.

Answer 2

Ah welcome to hell my friend.
I have been dealing with the CSA agency for 9 years and my hubby is on the old system. The old system were they like to take 27.5% of his wages. Just for the record though if she is only claiming for one child against you - the amount you should pay is 15% not 20%.
15% of your hard earned wages for 1 child
20% of your hard earned wages for 2 children
25% of your hard earned wages for 3 or more children
that is on the new system
on the old system it is what the hell we shall take 27.5% or more of your wages and we don't care if you can't afford to live.

Trust me it is well worth taking the DNA test. If you have that done and you are not the father you are saving yourself a vast amount of money, not to mention stress.

We got a letter from our local MP earlier this year with the usual crap stating that over the summer they will be looking at a new way as the CSA does not appear to be working - no sh*t sherlock. Not heard anything since.

I would contact a solicitor who specialises in these sort of cases, it is definitely worth getting some legal advice as I would be questioning why now, 15 years later.

Good luck with your fight - you are going to need it.

Answer 3

Kinda know where you are coming from. Reply to the csa and say without a dna test which you aren't prepared to pay for you won't pay for the child. Say that it up to ex to prove the child is yours.But in the meantime I'd be putting some money (20% of wages) in case you have to pay. Then if you don't you have a bonus! The csa is notoriously slow but payments can be back dated to the date your ex made the claim so beware.

Answer 4

have the test, even if it does cost you £300 (i'd check, you must be able to get it cheaper somewhere) it's a small price to pay to get this woman off your back.

the paragraphs below are from the csa website, check it out for more help.

You can arrange child maintenance through

A private arrangement, where you and your ex-partner decide between yourselves how much child maintenance should be paid. This means you don’t need to involve other people in the decision making.
Mediation, where a trained independent mediator helps you and your ex-partner reach a fair agreement about the arrangements for your children, home, belongings and money. These agreements are not legally binding.
Legal support and advice, where solicitors or local legal advice centres will give you impartial legal advice and help you to reach an agreement about your arrangements.
CSA services, which can help you to work out how much child maintenance you should pay or receive, or collect child maintenance from one parent and give it to the other.


For some parents the best solution might be to use a combination of options. For example, if you and your ex-partner can discuss things, and think that you will both stick to your child maintenance agreement, you might benefit from a less formal private arrangement. However, you could still use our calculation service, online calculator or phone our National Helpline to work out an amount of child maintenance to include in the private agreement.

good luck

lol

xxxxxx

Answer 5

If i were you, i WOULD have a DNA test first and foremost.I know it'll cost you, but it'll cost you a lot more if the CSA manage to bleed you dry without you finding out for sure wether the child is yours.If the child isn't yours, you've nothing to pay.If it is yours,you will pay until she is 16, or 18 years old if she stays in school.The CSA are utterly diabolical, and the system is terrible, but somehow, they always seem to take your hard earned money without giving you any options.We, as a family, pay for my partners child, to his ex,which we should, but we did call the CSA and we all agreed that we would have a private arrangement without the CSA involved.My partners Ex had to sign to this, and so we stopped paying out eventually, which took around 3 years of crap.

Answer 6

If you pay anyone, pay an attorney. There is something fishy going on here with her. She doesn't sound like the kind of woman who would wait 15 years to get some support from you. Either she thought it was someone else and they were paying and recently found out the are not the bio father, or she is running a scam trying to get a nut from you. You seem intelligent. You have to smell a rat. You have got to get control of this situation. I know it's hard when this is hitting you sideways. Don't be walked, don't pay for anything except an attorney to sort this out.

Good luck.

Answer 7

good luck amigo. Here in America we call that "women's equality". What that means is, a woman can have the kid or abort it without the father's knowledge. She can also raise the kid without advising the father of the child and then come back years later and collect child support at the inflated rate of what it would be today instead of what it would have been throughout the 15 yr period. Damn, let's give them the right to vote again if ever given the chance, eh?

The best advice I can give is listen the next time the preacher man says stay away from the evil temptress. Oh yeah, and let's not forget the other verses where it says that a woman should not have authority over a man.

Answer 8

Don't ignore it as previously suggested as the CSA will slap an attachment of earnings on you at whatever rate they decide. Contest it in writing and keep copies of everything - you may want to consult a solicitor for advice too.

Answer 9

Get the mother to prove that you are the father, get your lawyer to send a letter requesting this, she is trying to screw you mate, why did she wait fifteen years, something fishy going on here Buddy, don't' pay a penny until a judge in the high court tells you to, good luck, and HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Answer 10

You got my vote mate, honestly dont do anything, The csa are crap and they know it. By the time the csa get back to you a second time the kid will be 24.