child maintenance

[d000hg]

Leaving a kid with a murdered mother and imprisoned father doesn't sound a better outcome.

[cailin maith]

Ours were too, but child is at skool now.

Under no circumstances do I wish to involve the CSA but I'm trying to get a view on whether their published calcs are anywhere near.

Take it from me, I will do the right thing and this is not what I wanted.

Sounds very tulipty.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

That reads a bit like the mother of your child isn't your wife
If she leaves you, does that impact payments?

Yes - we aren't married.

Who leaves whom doesn't affect CSA rate, but as I said I was looking for the advice/experiences of others. From memory there used to be other Dads in a similar position on here.

[doomage]

Sorry to hear that

Get some professional advice.

WZS +1. At least post in the professional forums, there are some pretty immature lowlifes in general like myself who can't handle these delicate subjects well.

[Gibbon]

I dunno - the CSA rate (there is a calculator online) says about 550 a month for one child in my case - hoping not to need to involve them

I finished paying a year ago, things may have changed.

AFAIK one child = 15% of net. Surely that's not too much?

If you have your child >52 nights a year then reduce by a 1/7 upto 3/7 max (>=156).

Also are you limited? If so they only took what I drew in salary and dividends in a year into the calcs, but don't think living on nothing or they will go digging for blatant avoidance.


Good luck anyway, you're going to need some. Chin up and don't say things in anger or haste.

[speling bee]

WZS +1. At least post in the professional forums, there are some pretty immature lowlifes in general like myself who can't handle these delicate subjects well.

+2. Ignore the ***** and best of luck.

[SupremeSpod]

Try "Mumsnet".

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I finished paying a year ago, things may have changed.

AFAIK one child = 15% of net. Surely that's not too much?

If you have your child >52 nights a year then reduce by a 1/7 upto 3/7 max (>=156).

Also are you limited? If so they only took what I drew in salary and dividends in a year into the calcs, but don't think living on nothing or they will go digging for blatant avoidance.


Good luck anyway, you're going to need some. Chin up and don't say things in anger or haste.

As it happens the CSA rate equates almost exactly to 15 of net, and no, I don't think that's too much. Just to be clear, I am not trying to dodge/minimise/be mean etc. Other half is proposing more like 22-30% and I'm trying to decide what is fair. I realise it may seem daft asking on here, but there might just be some more folk with experience and of course this won't be the only place I look.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Try "Mumsnet".

I do still have an account on there left over from the hols as it happens, but I suspect the responses might not be all that helpful.

[fullyautomatix]

WZS +1. At least post in the professional forums, there are some pretty immature lowlifes in general like myself who can't handle these delicate subjects well.

Why would this thread be suitable in the professional forums ??