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It was formed by the tories to try and decrease the benifts for "one parent families".. but Dave the coke head fox hunter will sort it out

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The only way to fix it is to scrap it and find a fairer way. That is for mothers fathers and the kids caught up in this mess. All suffer and we are paying throgh our taxes for the biggest botch up specialists department ever. Its that bad that Captain Manwaring and his troops could have made a better job even if Corperal Jones thought up how to run it and collect the cash!!!

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Well I started this thread while on the phone to the CSA, I thought after 47 posts I best say somthing else.
I am interested in this post.
How can he be £8000 in arrears? I ask from an un-biased point of view because I do believe that absent parents should pay towards their children.

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Dispite being a govenment agency they are very poor at collecting outstanding money. There are measures they can take including wage arrestment but without that info they are stuck. There are proposals to use tax payment records as well as driving licence removal, which seems a bit wierd as it could impact the liable partners ability to have a job. It is still easier to use the ones paying but in arrears to make their figures look good. As they do not have a central fund to pay from then the parents who are due money lose out. If it was from a fund of their own they might suddenley find it easier to chase. All absent parents are required by law to pay but due to the in-efficiancy of the CSA few do and there are loopholes especially for the self employed.

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Funny thing is I attended a course today and one of the subjects was about serving injunctions in the case of domestic violence. The solicitor said because of the urgency to serve the injunction they don't use court bailiffs they actually use what they call a process server (they are actually private detectives really) they get paid for serving the injunction and not hourly so the onus is on them to serve it quickly. they don't always know where the person is as they may have left and the alleged victim has no idea where they are. After all that they still manage to serve the injunction usually within 48hrs in over 95% of the cases. So if they can do it surely a governmental department with all the info they have within the inland revenue should be able to track the majority of these absent unpaying parents!!!!!! Slaps of pure laziness and as spuggie says it's easier to just keep targeting the ones that actually do and want to contribute!!

Rant over!!!

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Hi Neil
Hes got so much in arrears because before Alec was born he was a grafter. He worked untill CSA tracked him down, left work. Ignored letters from CSA and was then self assessed by them. He appealed eventually and won and went back to work. Paid for a year and then has ducked and dived the csa really for years.
I think he thinks that once Alec is 16, the debt becomes nil and void. Well ive got news ...it dont as Alec is going onto college.
Im wondering if i could get legal aid and go and see a solicitor to serve papers on him. Why is he being allowed to get away with this. Its a joke.
The whole system has let me down, The CSA, IRS. :mad:

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That is an interesting point you raised. The debt should not vanish when your son leaves full time education, not including higher education or reaches the age of 19 as stated in law. He owes you the money from when he was younger so should owe that money forever until he pays it.
The worse thing you can do is not pay. If you return the papers promptly you actually get 3 months free without paying, now that is a kick in the teeth for the parent with care if you ask me.

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In answer to Jimmi5bellies, the general rule is that once you apply to the CSA you cannot then go to Court unless the other party agrees, and obviously fat chance of that. Have just checked this with one of our assistant solicitors. Sorry.