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hence the karma given :)

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Thank you:D :D :D

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Well there is now a young girl who is stuck in the non paying father mess who is now very happy. She always wanted a bike but her mother could never afford one for her so my daughter gave her old one to her and she is over the moon. Mind you switched the phones off because my ex will fry me. Yet I know that this act of my daughters was from the heart and that she has not suffered from all the agro and strife between me and her mother.

Looking for some advice on a little reward for my daughter for what she did.

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Sometimes the best reward is nothing to do with anything of monetary value but letting her know how proud of her you are can be the best reward of all :D

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I am gushing with pride but might give her a little something anyway.

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Aw you have done well & i bet your gushing with pride its shows she's bloomed really well, maybe a little treat but lots of affection shown should be the ultimate reward:D

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We had a representative from the CSA at the event yesterday. If you'd have been there you could have spoken to her and found out everything you wanted to know!

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Wonderful but call me cynical [yep] but would it be what we want to hear stuff, empty promises & the usual avoidance of the real issues & problems, like the usual we get when we have to contact the csa:rolleyes:

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I honestly don't know - I have never had the need for the CSA so didn't go into depth talking to them about it. However, they were there and were willing to talk to people so I don't know what else to say. One of those 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' situations possibly?

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And thats on a good day. Some are so full of their own self inportance that they make TB look like a novice.

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Well to date CSA have allowed my ex to get into 8,000.00 in CSA arrears. He started work and they managed to catch him. He started to pay maintainance at 35.00 a week and 4.00 a week off his arrears. He did this for a little over 12 months then he decided he wasnt paying it anymore.
He isnt claiming any benefits and isnt paying any stamps either as they have been searching the IRS since 2002.
This means he has been working cash in hand.
Ive now demanded they should stop sending letters to him and pay a visit. I have now also reported him to the Inland Revenue.

The benefit i am on means i am allowed maintainance from my ex partner.
8 thousand quid is a hell of a lot of money when you aint even got 8 quid left in the bank.

He is living the life of reily. He is often seen on the canals at weekend on his motorbike crossers, even when his and my son has called down to his house hes told Alec to go away as he is buisy and has his mates in having a smoke on the old Bob Hope.

Im having to really restrain myself here from printing his name and address, name em and shame em ...thats my motto ! :mad:

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Just had a gander at the website for this bunch of overpaid useless desk jockeys and there is a bit about the reforms. Now to me this is more spin and it is meant to make those "having trouble" feel better, and they wonder why we think they are a waste of space.

Thursday 9th February 2006

I am pleased to tell you that John Hutton, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has informed Parliament today of the action the Child Support Agency will be taking to ensure more children receive the child support to which they are entitled.
Alongside the Operational Improvement Plan the Secretary of State has announced that he has asked Sir David Henshaw to develop proposals for the future to provide the best possible arrangements for delivering child support. The terms of reference for this redesign are:
This will be led by Sir David Henshaw and he will deliver his findings to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions before summer recess. He will consider the longer term policy and delivery arrangements for child support, including:

• How best to ensure that parents take financial responsibility for their children when they live apart
• The best arrangements for delivering this outcome cost effectively
• The options for moving to new structures and policies recognising the need to protect the level of service offered to the current 1.5 million parents with care

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The original idea was to save Court time and Legal Aid money by taking the award of maintenance outside the existing system. It hasn't really worked in all cases, but it can also be difficult getting a case to Court.

There are sanctions regarding mothers who ignore Court Orders regarding contact, and the Courts are becoming a lot hotter on this. Incidentally, Judges do practise in a particular area, that being the area they worked in when at the Bar. Family law Judges have all been specialist family law barristers, so they do have a good grounding.

Also, just by way of interest, there is no such thing as custody anymore. It was abolished by the Children Act. Both parents now have equal rights. Who the child lives with is known as residence, usually decided by consent, but you can get a Residence Order if necessary.

My fee note is in the post ............

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Well I wish that would be put into practise then, because it clearly isn't in many cases.

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Its a bit like spliting something in 2 its classed as being halve but it could be 80/20 hence some being more equal than others.