Help with Child Maintenance Service (CSA)
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Need a little man advice here from anyone in the know or has been in the same situation.
The wife was previously married and had two kids with her first husband.
I took them on when they were 2 & 4 and are now 13 & 15. After many years of him constantly dropping her agreed maintenance to pretty much £200 a month, she has final hit rock bottom with the whole episode and stresses her out immensely. She is considering going to the CMS for them to sort out the issue. Problem is he is self-employed through his own limited company, pays himself min wage and I assume takes the rest as a dividend. Last year’s account were filed as £65k.
The wife is worried that if she went down the CMS route she will get a % of sweet FA that he pays himself. Will this be the case or does the CMS look into this kind of scenario a little deeper. The fact he plaids poverty, pays minimum yet lives a lifestyle that wouldn’t be funded my his £12k salary is frankly taking the piss out of the wife and his kids which he never sees.
I have a daughter from a previous and on a salary than less than that I pay £500 a month.
The wife was previously married and had two kids with her first husband.
I took them on when they were 2 & 4 and are now 13 & 15. After many years of him constantly dropping her agreed maintenance to pretty much £200 a month, she has final hit rock bottom with the whole episode and stresses her out immensely. She is considering going to the CMS for them to sort out the issue. Problem is he is self-employed through his own limited company, pays himself min wage and I assume takes the rest as a dividend. Last year’s account were filed as £65k.
The wife is worried that if she went down the CMS route she will get a % of sweet FA that he pays himself. Will this be the case or does the CMS look into this kind of scenario a little deeper. The fact he plaids poverty, pays minimum yet lives a lifestyle that wouldn’t be funded my his £12k salary is frankly taking the piss out of the wife and his kids which he never sees.
I have a daughter from a previous and on a salary than less than that I pay £500 a month.
Deangtv said:
Need a little man advice here from anyone in the know or has been in the same situation.
The wife is worried that if she went down the CMS route she will get a % of sweet FA that he pays himself. Will this be the case or does the CMS look into this kind of scenario a little deeper. The fact he plaids poverty, pays minimum yet lives a lifestyle that wouldn’t be funded my his £12k salary is frankly taking the piss out of the wife and his kids which he never sees.
This is quite common. Whilst dividend income is not initially used in the calculation your wife can apply for a variation to have this income included. The CSA will do this providing the dividend income is over £2,500 a year.The wife is worried that if she went down the CMS route she will get a % of sweet FA that he pays himself. Will this be the case or does the CMS look into this kind of scenario a little deeper. The fact he plaids poverty, pays minimum yet lives a lifestyle that wouldn’t be funded my his £12k salary is frankly taking the piss out of the wife and his kids which he never sees.
So the short answer is for her to go straight to the CSA and ask for this variation - and do not delay in this.
Edited from CMS to CSA
Edited by JulianPH on Sunday 22 October 18:00
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