exactly what martin said above,
the csa were set up to track down and force payment fom wayward parents or those who were not obeying the court orders,
but that was too difficult so they just screw the parents that stay around for their kids,
they’ve been a nighmare to deal with over the years since my divorce, for a year or so my oldets lived with me, and the rest of the time i’ve always had them from thurs to tues on alternate weekends, not to mention at a moments notice when the ex flits off to some sunny resort with her new bloke,
it worked out that last year i had them for 181 days, practically half the year,
yet despite having ‘shared care’ status, they still want about £50 a week, i’ve told them over and over, that i pay for whatever my kids need (£200 this month on clothes, shoes, school and sports kit etc), and i am happy to do so when i have the cash spare, what i wil not do is fund the gov’t screwed up system that supposedly supports my ex wife… who earns more than i do with all her pt time cash jobs !….
no doubt i’ll have it all to come again when they suss out i’m now self employed ! oh well, see em in court i guess, will pay for my kids and what they need when i have them, aint paying for the gov’t or the ex !
grrrrr !
flippin eck John, had to get me sarted eh !?!?!?!?!?
my ex’s new bloke has his two kids from a previous, his mrs just got up and walked out 2yrs ago, never a word since, now he’s just had a solicitors leter claiming she wants them back, and that he should go with it to avoid a lengthy court case which he’ll lose, where’s the justice ?