[Solved] CSA and uni

Hi there,

You are right and you won't need to pay once your son starts Uni as this is classed as advanced education.

Your payments will continue until September.

Hi Sunlover.

Thank you for your post. My name is William the Child Maintenance Options consultant.

You do not mention in your post what type of arrangement you have in place for child maintenance.

If you have a family-based arrangement, which is simply an agreement between you and your ex-partner about who will provide what for your son. This type of agreement while not legally binding is flexible, so you can negotiate and decide together when your payments will stop.

Under child support legislation, regular child maintenance payments must be made until a child is16 years old, or 20 if they are in full-time, non-advanced education (A-level or equivalent), or for as long as Child Benefit is being paid. When a child leaves education in the summer, Child Benefit would generally continue until the following September.

As Nannyjane has said, if your son were in advanced or higher education, he would no longer qualify for child maintenance.

To find out more about how Child Maintenance Options can help you visit cmoptions.org or call us free on 0800 988 0988 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday or 9am and 4pm on Saturday

I have a private arrangement with my ex wife but the payment was based on csa rates. The divorce was painful and costly as she insisted that everything was done via solicitors as she did not and does not want to communicate with me even though I said we should for the kids sake.
I have no contact with my kids as my ex wife and her parents turned them against me so I watch my kids go up on twitter .. This is how I found out my son was going to uni. ... My wife works at a local uni, where do I stand if my son goes to that uni and still lives with her, does that change anything regarding payment / advance education.

Just one other question ..I have also heard that my ex wife is remarrying next year does that have any impact on my payment.... I don't believe but if you could confirm that would be great.

Thanks

The same would apply regardless of where he is living.... you are not liable when your child is in Uni as this is classed as advanced education.

If your ex wife remarries this will have no bearing on payments.

Hi Sunlover

Thank you for your post. Nannyjane is correct in saying that the same rules apply even if your son is living at home with your ex-wife, while studying at university. Child maintenance would not be payable if a child is in advanced education, such as a university degree.

Regarding your second query, under the statutory rules, your ex-wife remarrying will not affect how much child maintenance that you have to pay. This is because the receiving parent and her partner or spouse's income is not taken into account when calculating child maintenance. Child maintenance is calculated using the paying parent's income. Other factors such as if there are any other relevant children living with you are also taken into account. You can find more information regarding the statutory rules for child maintenance by visiting Gov.uk at http://www.gov.uk/child-maintenance.

William