Experimental statistics
on child maintenance arrangements administered by the Child Maintenance Service.
Statistics
on child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to the Child Maintenance (CM) Options service.
These statistics provide data
on the child maintenance arrangements made by separated parents after speaking to the CM Options service.
This publication provides data
on the child maintenance arrangements made by separated parents after speaking to the CM Options service.
Not exact matches
Relocation can also have an effect
on pre-existing
child arrangements such as
maintenance payments.
From 2014 the CSA will be closing all
child maintenance arrangements on its 1993 and 2003 schemes.
If you and your spouse agree
on arrangements for spousal
maintenance, division of property,
child support, custody and visitation, and other issues that arise
on the dissolution of your marriage, then the judge will likely «rubber stamp» your
arrangements.
The Telegraph reported
on 8th January that parents who split up may face a government fee to deal with
child maintenance arrangements.
Depending
on the circumstances, a Social Welfare Inspector's report should address issues such as means / income, divorce, dissolution of civil partnership, separation,
child dependency,
maintenance arrangements, housing costs, household composition, possible cohabitation, and where appropriate inspection of relevant certificates.
This publication provides data
on numbers and percentages of effective family - based
arrangements made by separated parents after contact with the
Child Maintenance (CM) Options service.
This publication provides data
on numbers and percentages of effective family - based
arrangements made by separated parents after contact with the
Child Maintenance Options service.
The amount of
child maintenance will depend
on the individual circumstances of you and your separated family, and the type of
child maintenance arrangement you decide to make.
For more information
on the different types of statutory
arrangements, including Collect & Pay and Direct Pay (or
Maintenance Direct if you have a CSA case) you can read about statutory child maintenance a
Maintenance Direct if you have a CSA case) you can read about statutory
child maintenance a
maintenance arrangements
Most statutory
child maintenance arrangements can be put in place within about 6 weeks of the application being made — much depends
on the information available and the co-operation of both parties.
Our
child maintenance calculator can give you an indication of the amount of
child maintenance you might pay or receive if you had a statutory
child maintenance arrangement when the parent expected to pay is
on benefits.
If you can't reach agreement with the other parent and make a
child maintenance arrangement by yourselves, the Government runs a statutory service that can arrange
child maintenance on your behalf.
You should do everything you can to make a
child maintenance arrangement as soon as possible, so that your
child doesn't miss out
on the things they need.
The main difference between a
Maintenance Direct or Direct Pay arrangement and a family - based arrangement is that the statutory child maintenance service decides on the amount — and this means it's legal
Maintenance Direct or Direct Pay
arrangement and a family - based
arrangement is that the statutory
child maintenance service decides on the amount — and this means it's legal
maintenance service decides
on the amount — and this means it's legally binding.