Hey guys, I need some advice! I'll give as brief as possible background to the issue at hand first. I have a 6 year old daughter with my ex, who split from me when my daughter was about 3 months old, and have been paying child support for ever since. I was living at home with my parents and have had no end of problems with the CSA regarding the payments. First I've overpaid despite me paying exactly what theyve told me to pay, and then I somehow have underpaid so they went straight to my employers for a deo. I didnt like it as the problem occured because they have calculated my payments incorrectly, however I kept quiet about it. I then met my current partner and after a year an half she fell pregnant just as i was starting a new job. I waited a couple of months before advising the CSA so i could send them 2 months payslips to work out my new payments, however it took them approximately 6 months for them to come back and advise how much i should be paying (approximately £150 a month), and by this time it had built up 8months of backpayments that i owed. They then started taking payments from a deo with my employer. During this time my second daughter was born and I have never advised the CSA that my 2nd child exists due to me forgetting to contact them. My partner moved into her own property, and I remained at my parents as my main residence but would stay over my partners a couple nights a week as we couldn't afford for me to be living there aswell at the time with me having to pay the backpayments as we were told that we werent entitled to housing benefit with me living there, as they look at your salary and not any deductions for child support etc. BTW my partner does work as a waitress in the evenings, so shes not a bum lol During the last 18mths my partner has fallen pregnant again, and i am expecting my second child with my current partner in june. I have now just recently moved in with my partner to a new property and her16yr old sister also lives with us for the foreseeable future. We have just been told that we are not entitled to working tax credits as our income is to high (i earn £14k before tax and csa, and she earns about £4.5k), we have currently applied for housing benefit but are not hopeful of receiving much if anything. My partner is due to go on maternity leave in May and will see a significant decrease in our income as she will no longer be bringing home tips from being in work. I currently pay £400 towards our rent, my partner inputs £50, and the remaining £200 is giving by my partners mum as payment for my partners sister living with us. After all deductions from my earnings I am left with around £400 after the rent is taken. Of this £400 approximately £200 of that is currently going on payments for various things like Mobile Contracts and contents insurance etc. This leaves me with roughly £200 as my general spending money for things like the weekly food shopping, general spending and also to go and buy clothes for my eldest daughter for the 2 nights that she stays with me. My partners spare income then is spent on purchasing things ready for when our 2nd daughter arrives, aswell as the weekly shopping bill, and also to pay the water,electric and gas bills. I do understand that i do need to notify the CSA that i have moved in with my partner, but do they take into consideration her income even tho we are not married? Also do they take into consideration my outgoings such as rent and bills, things that I am liable for to ensure that I can keep a roof over my soon to be 2 daughters head, and also for my eldest when she stays down on the weekend. If they do take into consideration my partners earnings, is there anyway that this can be avoided? I do not have a problem paying child support for my daughter, but i do not agree that my new partner should be liable when she is not the mother of my eldest daughter.... Any help or guidance on any of the matters ive discussed above would be greatly appreciated! Btw i no i said the words "briefly" earlier, but nothing is ever brief with me lol

Hi Everyone. I am new here but am hoping you can offer me some advice. I have a daughter who is now 16 years of age. She was born in England. After separating with my wife at the time I continued to support my daughter directly, but then she (who was born in Australia) decided to return to Australia and take my daughter, and a daughter from a previous relationship who I also brought up, with her. As you can imagine I was not happy at the time. Her deciding to move to Australia made it extremely difficult for me to have regular hands-on and financial control/involvement with my daughter which she agreed but and chose to move to Australia anyway not caring about me or my involvement. I have maintained contact with my daughter throughout though. In 2009 I moved to Canada to live with family and am now awaiting my approval for Permanent Residency. I have a signed letter from my daughter's mother dated in 2009 confirming that she has no outstanding issues with regard to Child Support for my daughter, as this was required for my application. A few days ago, and totally out of the blue, I received CSA papers from the Australian CSA demanding over $13,000 (over $4,000 of which are penalties) in payments for my daughter?? The mother's financial situation and train of thought has obviously changed and she has decided to claim support dating back years!? My questions, that hopefully you can help me with, are: 1. Can the Australian CSA legally chase me for payments when I have not lived or resided in that country. My daughter was born and predominantly raised in England? I am English. 2. How can I be charged penalties for monies/payments that I have never been aware of from a country that I have not resided in? The mother has always had my contact information as I have stayed connected. She obviously hasn't informed them of this as they are claiming that they have been trying to contact me for years??? 3. I have a signed letter from the mother from 2009 (which she has obviously forgotten about) stating that there are no outstanding Child Support issues to date. This also proves that she was in contact with me at that point. I have been sent residency forms and a breakdown of fees owed from the Australian CSA to my Canadian address but am hesitant to respond without finding out how I stand first. If you can provide any advice and what I should do next, or how I should respond, that would be fantastic! Best wishes, Dunny