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Child Maintenance – An Introduction
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[The information that Child Maintenance Options has given on these pages is not a substitute for independent professional advice and readers should get professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.]
What is child maintenance?
Child maintenance is regular, reliable financial support that helps towards a child’s everyday living costs. The parent who doesn’t have main day-to-day care of the child pays child maintenance to the parent who does. In some cases, this person can be a grandparent or guardian.
It doesn’t only have to be about exchanging money. You can also arrange to make ‘payments in kind’ - for example by paying for school uniforms.
You can find out more information about all of this below.
Using the Courts
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The final option for arranging child maintenance and enforcing payments comes through the courts.
Child Maintenance FAQ’s
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Which children are covered by child maintenance?
Child Support law governs the level of child maintenance that should be paid by a parent who doesn’t have main day to day care, to the parent with main day-to-day care of the child.
Child Support Agency arrangement
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A family arrangement isn’t for everyone. If you don’t know where the other parent is, you don’t have a good relationship, or domestic abuse or violence is involved, you might need to look at the other options.
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