Is my partner's income considered for CSA payment amounts of a child of mine from a previous relationship?

Question

I am the father of one child from a previous relationship. I have received a letter from the CSA asking for my partner's income details. She currently works for an employment agency so her income varies greatly. Some weeks it's around £200, other weeks it's zero. Will they lump our incomes together and assess me on that sum or is it a case of outgoings such as rent and council tax are taken as shared? We generally keep our finances seperate and pay half or the rent, council tax, bills etc each. I'm not sure that she'll be too happy about giving her details such as NI number etc to the CSA but is she legally obliged to do so or can she take a stand of my son being not of a financial obligation to her and refuse to hand over her details? We have no other children and my son doesn't stay over with us.

Answer 1

They are only entitled to know your income and outgoings, they have no jurisdiction to demand information from her. So just report to CSA that your new partner has refused to divulge it.

If she could not contribute to the outgoings, then it would be to your advantage to freely offer the information as your CSA contribution would be reduced to compensate.

If they do not have the information from her, then they will assess that she pays half of the outgoings so you gain nothing by revealing the info.

Answer 2

Are you married? In the USA you cannot take money from a spouse. The only income considered is that of the biological parent.

Answer 3

UK- no its only your income they use, they take about 22% of annual income divided into monthly payments, when they decide how much you have to pay and you dont pay it they now take your passport and can arrest you and send you to prison for 8 weeks - it happened to a friend in scotland

Answer 4

As far as i know if u are married then her income is counted, but if ur not then she is not needed to give her information over as she has no connection with ur child

Answer 5

My husband is currently unemployed and when the CSA asked him to attend a meeting, the man interveiwing him said that it was only his income that they were interested in and not mine. Give citizens advice a call and ask them about it they should be able to give you more help.

Answer 6

you sound like an a$$hole that just doesn't want to pay for his responsibilities. who cares if your son doesn't go over to say w/u? you think that makes it ok to not pay? i hate dead beat dads....that's what u are.....u seem more concerned about ur partners money than the fact that u dont see ur child.

to answer ur question, YES YES YES YES they will take ur partners income into consideration, especailly if you are common-law.....lmao, BREAK OPEN THE CHECK BOOK LOSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

The same happened to me years ago.  My partner had a son and the CSA wanted to know my income, I refused to tell them and that was the end of it.

My partner paid the CSA based on his income only.  

Answer 8

I do not know  how it works where you live, but when I got re-married I asked my lawyer and he said my new spouses income has nothing to do with child support.  I got divorced in south carolina, U.S.A

Answer 9

UK- I think it may be a legal requirement for them to take her details. (only if you are living together).

The CSA cannot take a single penny from her, or make you pay more because of her having money or working.

The CSA do want to know if you and your new partner have any children together living with you.

If you do have other children be they yours  or not, but are living with you, they will take that into account, but you won't have to pay anymore, in fact you are more likely to pay less child support.

Answer 10

good luck with the CSA, they are a bunch of useless fools. my fella tried to organise payments for his child when he split with is ex and they really messed it up. can u imagine if it was the other way round and they were chasing him for payments. it doesnt bear thinking about.

right.... whether you are married or not to your new partner, he/she is not legally obliged to fork out anything to your ex for the child as it is nother responsibility. (they would take it into consideration if you were saying you were having difficulty making payments and then they asses your household income)

payments are 15% of YOUR wage after tax. I had to look into this a few months ago. it can vary by  afew % if you have the child more than 52 nights a year.

good luck ,