Nowhere to run
One non-resident fled the country rather than appear in court, find out what we did to try and catch up with him.
When the net is closing in, some non-resident parents would rather move to another Continent that face up to their responsibilities. In 2000, a non-resident parent agreed to pay child maintenance for his child. However, payments lapsed and despite repeated action over the years, including issuing an arrestment which freezes money in a bank or building society account on a given date (and gives the CSA the power to ask for any money available up to the amount on the liability order to be set aside and held), the CSA was unable to collect all the arrears. Finally, using their powers available, the CSA took the evader to court.
During the court process, the evader emigrated to New Zealand in order to avoid paying. A warrant has been issued for his arrest which has been passed on to the CSA in New Zealand to pursue.
Despite action taken by the CSA, there are limits to what they can achieve. Over the next three years, an additional £120million will be invested in the Agency in order to improve the service it provides to its clients and, wherever possible, the Agency will use the tools available to pursue non-payers in order to get more money to children.
