Guidance and regulation

Use this guide to help you think about the items you would like to include in your child maintenance arrangement.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 12 August 2019

• Working out the cost of raising your children (You can view online)

  Use this form as a guide to help you think about the items you would like…

Use this guide to help you write down your child maintenance arrangement with your child's other parent.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 12 August 2019

• Your child maintenance arrangement (You can view online)

  Most children benefit from having both parents or guardians involved in…

Use this guide to help you plan a conversation about child maintenance with your child's other parent.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 12 August 2019

• Planning your child maintenance conversation (You can view online)

  Why having this conversation might be a good idea Use this guide to help…

Volume 1: statutory guidance about court orders and the roles of the police and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 17 April 2014

Guidance for local authorities and schools dealing with adults who have legal rights and responsibilities for a child.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 24 August 2023

A list of solicitors accredited to deal with cases where a child is taken abroad without a parent's permission.

• From: Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
• Updated: 14 December 2023

This document provides information on the uses and users of the Child Maintenance Service statistics.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 26 March 2024

Information for parents whose British child has been abducted in Russia by the other parent or a relative.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 20 February 2024

This document provides background information about the separated families statistics and information on how they are compiled.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 21 March 2024

When you can share information about your case, what you can share and what to do if someone else shares information.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Updated: 16 April 2024

Guidance on the different areas of the government's child maintenance compliance and arrears strategy 2018.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 December 2018

Information for parents whose British child has been abducted in the north of Cyprus by the other parent or a relative.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 24 July 2023