Originally Posted by Isaac.Hunt

Just to be overly pedantic as you are obviously keen to spread incorrect information.

Prior to april this year, where a man paid child support to a mother reliant on benefits, the mother would only receive £20 a week before it affected her benefit payments. That is still £80 a month she would be down if the father did not pay due to his whims and reckon.

However now, you are entirely incorrect as from april child support is entirely disregarded for the calculation of any benefits a mother receives. So a child will be out of pocket for whatever sum is unpaid by a father.

If the mother is working (many do) then missing maintenance payments would represent a loss to the mother's household income and thus would have the potential to negatively impact on a child.

Futhermore, the CSA can (although I think it is for a 2 year trial period) remove driving licences and passports without a court order for unpaid maintenance, in addition to the deduction of earnings orders/interim charging orders etc they can impose via court.