If it wasn't serious, I'd laugh

[Maddaddy]

Hi

I'll try and make this short + sweet

 

This is how things stand as I write

 

CSA I'm paying arrears at £250 per month(csa want arrears paid within 2 years)

 

Daughter Student carrying ex-wifes banner sued me for maintenance £150 per month whilst receiving full bursary (£250 per month) Her parental(home) contribution = £0 per year

 

Step daughter Student receives bursary £100 per month and works part time (we cant afford to support her) Her parental (home) contribution = £400 per year

 

Students Award Agency Scotland (SAAS) Say daughter can receive only £1067 per year(£20.50 per week) "unearned income" then bursary is reduced £ for £

 

My lawyer says set up DD to pay daughter £20 per week and see how it goes

 

Sherrif Officer After paying £1098 in November for last years maintenance has approached with Charge for Payment for £500 for November till now

 

Help/Advice needed....We are not struggling financially yet but.....

 

My local MP has also been involved (His team found the SAAS cap thingy) and suggests Negligence on "My Lawyers" part

 

SAAS Capped maintenance might help others on site

 

Cheers

Edited February 14, 2010 by Maddaddy

[Coactum]

Very difficult to say but I think these matters are all income based, so, if you have income and your former wife does not then that explains why you need to contribute for your step daughter but your former wife does not.

 

I’ve always thought it a little strange that affordability does not play a greater role in these matters. Let’s say you take home £30K but you then pay £15K to maintain your home (mortgage, council tax, heating repairs etc) a further £5K goes in groceries, £5K to keep a car (payments, fuel, insurance, road tax) which is essential to get you to work and £5K towards your step daughter anyone can see that there is nothing left. However, I bet that the payment is based on your gross wage say £40K and that the aforementioned outlays are ignored!

[Maddaddy]

Thanks Coactum,

 

As you have guessed....The payments are all related to income.

 

The CSA refuse to budge on their repayment although I had absolutely no say in the "discussed repayment" (they say they can double it if required)

 

The SAAS calculate my step daughters bursary on my household income and my daughters on my ex's

 

The lawyers base their deal on CSA figures for children

 

Note: If my maintenance payment to daughter was regarded as "parental support" she would receive NO bursary (equivilant to home income of £34000pa (I am well..well below that))

 

If I add CSA and maintenance figures together I pay FOUR Times the figure I would expect to pay for 1 child

 

and as you say....I have to live and work and travel

 

BUT....Light at the end of the tunnel

 

IN SEPTEMBER I AM RID OF CSA (might even pay the buggers off early ;-) )

 

All I ever asked for was "both students to be treated equally"

[Coactum]

All I ever asked for was "both students to be treated equally"

 

In your dreams perhaps!