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If you make a claim they will get in touch with him to find out his earnings and expenses and work out your entitlement based on that. If he doesn’t respond within 14 days they then speak to his employer instead. I’ve just gone through it cuz my sons dad stopped paying when we did it privately, the good thing about doing a claim is you can choose how you want to be paid they have direct (which is he pays direct to you) or collect and pay (csa take the money from him and pay to you) but if he chooses direct pay and you’ve chose collect and pay they’ll go with direct, that’s what’s happened to me. Feel free to message me with any questions x
@Cerys thank you for your reply my worry is going through hold support is he earns cash in hand, he’s just been fired from a job which pays into his bank so he does odd jobs and gets cash in hand for them, so no paper trail Also he’s left a car bumper and a broke. TV outside my house any clue on how I get him to clear them up?
I’m not sure about the cash in hand but if you do the claim csa will be able to advise you once they’ve figured it out. They keep you updated with every step of the application. With the bumper and tv I’d just see if there’s a scrap man who can come collect or something, he’s clearly not bothered by them to have left them and if you’ve had the awful weather I’ve had they’re definitely not gonna be much use x
Just message him and say “I need you to remove the bumper and tv by (give a date) if they’re not gone I will make arrangements to have them removed myself” that way it covers your back if you do get them removed because you’ve got proof you gave him chance to make arrangements for them
If it helps at all, my daughters dad has no overnights, earns just over 25k and through child maintenance I get £253 a month.
No you and your child need to maintain a stable lifestyle. You are being smart and practical which is responsible and good parenting!
You're not being unfair or ridiculous at all. It's not just your child it's his and he should be paying. You stated that he does cash in cash if you go through CMS it'll be hardly anything, it'll go based on what he says as down on paper he's not 'working'. Let's hope he steps up and agrees to this!
Thank you everyone for the advice and your experiences, I’ve sent a message asking and explaining the £70 child maintenance ask and he says yes as and when he can so whatever that means let’s hope he keeps too it 💖
Am I best going through child support and making a claim, he works cash in hand so I thought my best route would be asking him for it myself as on paper he doesn’t earn anything