Just a further a question to ask.

Is your wife claiming Child or Working Tax Credits as a single person now as well?

You also mentioned that the CSA have contacted your HR dept and got the last 12 months wage slips. My ex-husband asked to be re-assessed back in December 07 and was assessed on 1 months salary. Knowing that he was being assessed he ceased all overtime and had my payment reduced by more than £200 a month.

I cannot see how the CSA have made the decision they have with regards your case. It does seem they make up the rules as they go along though.

Side tracking some what; are you looking at the time you remain living together as time seperated for a 2 year consented divorce?

As you are still contributing to the food bill etc, does this mean she is still cooking, washing etc for you?

You say that you have complete access to the children at all times, this again is not seen as living seperately whilst still under the same roof. Therefore if she is claiming CTC/WTC then this will not be acceptable.

Personally, I think you are paying excessively towards the household bills as well as food shopping and now she is demanding CSA!

Boy - does she want the shirt of your back too?

Regards, Sarah

Yes received the original pack to complete back in April - returned advising full residence and that I could not provide pay slips as currently at my solicitors. They have reached decision and then contacted work.

Still my argument is I am not a non resident parent and so they have no remit to be involved. Trying to understand the childrens act of 1991, which states a absent parent is " (2) The parent of any child is an “absent parent”, in relation to him, if—
(a) that parent is not living in the same household with the child; and
(b) the child has his home with a person who is, in relation to him, a person with care.

Should they be involved ?

I would say no they should'nt be , and as i said in anothe rpost if your ex is not on IS or JSA the CSA don't have to be involved at all, so whats the new calculation for you.

£380 odd per month. With a further collection of back payments making it around the £500 mark till next March I think. Wrote it all down today whilst in total disbelief of what being told -

Being sad I am reading through the child support act 1991 and it states -

2) The parent of any child is an “absent parent”, in relation to him, if—
[a) that parent is not living in the same household with the child; and[/size]
(b) the child has his home with a person who is, in relation to him, a person with care.

May give this one a try tomorrow when I ring them AGAIN

Suggest you contact NACSA (nacsa.co.uk) who are very knowledgeable. You will need to pay £40 to subscribe but then you can call them whenever you want.

This sounds like a dreadful mess in which you are being treated appallingly; they will be able to help.

Good luck

Not an expert, but I had dealings for five years with the CSA when I was with my ex Parter, he had one son, not on a particularly high wage and he was made to pay over £400 per month. If I remember his wage was about £750pm This was about 8 years ago. We used to have his son one night in the week and saturday night/sunday. We could not understand it at all, toing and froing, different people every time, so you had to explain re explain and I am sure most of the time they had put the phone on the desk and gone off shopping, because any information they were given never seemed to appear anyway and they had no knowledge of it. They took payments twice, which we never did get back, just before Xmas, so that was £800 gone, try explaining to your child that he probably would not get anything for xmas. We were only just managing. Anyway ramble ramble, it was only towards the last few months that we would have to be paying that they acknowledged that he should only have been paying £101.00 per month. DID WE EVER GET THAT BACK. In our dreams. He was more than willing at all stages to pay for his child, before the CSA was involved he paid without fail.
They were brought in out of spite by his ex. She then out of that £400 per month gave his son £80 per month pocket money, made her look good eh? She was actually earning twice as much as my partner, their calculations were so wrong, but they could not see it and did not want to see it, until the very end. So as far as the CSA are concerned, you just have to phone and phone write and write keep copies and fight, whichever parent.
I wish anyone the best of luck out there with them.
Mind you I know now that their calculations and policies have changed so it might be a little different.
Certainly see why there were so many suicides when they first 'invented' the CSA. I just hope they are more skilled at their jobs now.