This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Petition csa payments
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I strongly believe that the current various child maintenance systems in use (csa 1, csa 2, cms) do not reflect modern life and living costs. Therefore I believe the following should be applied.
1) any maintenance payments taken from an absent parent should be considered before tax and NI.
2) any case where the parents where NEVER married should be subject to a DNA test to determine parentage unless the absent parent consents 1st.
3) all cases by default should assume that the NRP or paying parent has 1/7 shared cared.
4) in cases with arrears the agency should be apply the same methods and amounts of collection used by a court instead of the draconian 40% of the take home pay.
5) maintenance should affect state benefits claimed.
6) where property issues are unresolved, 50% of maintenance assessed should be paid.
These simple steps will provide a fairer system and not promote greed by parents with care.
This petition closed early because of a General Election
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