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I am in the process of getting divorced. The marriage broke down on 16th October 2012. Both my wife and I are using solicitors. My wife has put a direct claim in to the CSA not would appear not to have gone via their advice department. Consequently I have been contacted by the CSA and am currently completimg there form. If have not contacted the CSA as I used their online calculator and it has given a maintenance figure of £502 per calendar month. This is alot less than I am currently paying. I am currently paying the mortgage and bills on the family home which I no longer live in. I had believed that a financial settlement including maintenance payments would be sorted out between our solicitors and the CSA need not be involved. So my question is this:
Whatever the fihure the CSA come back with is that all I have to pay, or is it in additiona to other payments such as the mortgage on the family home?
Kind regards,
Paul
Hi there Paul and welcome 🙂
When the CSA give you a figure, that is all you need to pay.
However if the mortgage is either joint or in your name alone, bear in mind that you will have to keep up the payments if she refuses to pay. Otherwise it will go into arrears and this would affect your credit rating and may effect getting a mortgage in the future.
There is an extremely helpful sticky at the top of the Finance section. Its called "How does the CSA calculate payments" and it provides a link to a very informative CSA leaflet, this will advise you on what you are and are not liable for.
Hope this helps 🙂
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