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See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use
The Child Maintenance Service usually follows 6 steps to work out the…
You can ask the Child Maintenance Service to take other income and…
The amount you pay or receive in child maintenance can change when: your…
How to set up or manage a child maintenance arrangement, including what to do if a parent does not pay, how to contact the Child Maintenance Service, and signing in to your account.
Child maintenance covers how your child’s living costs will be paid when…
Your child needs to be under 16 - or under 20 if they are in full-time…
You can either arrange child maintenance: privately between parents, if…
If you use the Child Maintenance Service, they will work out your child…
Sign in to your Child Maintenance Service account to: report a change in…
If you or the other parent in your child maintenance case denies that…
There are some changes you must tell the Child Maintenance Service about…
Sign in to your online account If you already have a Child Maintenance…
Make a complaint Follow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
You can make a private arrangement with your child’s other parent about…
Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.
Check for maintenance and downtime of the Rural Payments service over the next 4 weeks
Statistics about separated families and the child maintenance system.
This guidance explains how to pay child maintenance using Collect & Pay arrangements and what happens if you do not make a payment.
A guide for Service families about applying for, maintaining, moving in and out of and living in UK Service Family Accommodation (SFA).
This series brings together leaflets about the 2012 child maintenance scheme managed by the Child Maintenance Service.
What you must do by law with a deductions from earnings order (DEO or AEO) to make child maintenance deductions from your employee's pay.
Official statistics on child maintenance arrangements administered by the Child Maintenance Service.
New powers for the Child Maintenance Service to recover cash from non-paying parents faster.
Contact your council to find out whether they offer a garden maintenance service for elderly or disabled council tenants
What happens when the Environment Agency stops maintaining a flood or coastal erosion defence, how to challenge the decision and how to manage your risk afterwards.
A response by the government to the independent review of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) response to domestic abuse.
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