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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 approved…
You can either arrange child maintenance: privately between parents, if…
Payments can be arranged: privately between parents, if both parents agree…
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…
You can contact the Child Maintenance Service through your online account.…
Make a complaint Follow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
You can make a private arrangement with your child’s other parent about…
Child maintenance stops on 31 August on or after your child’s 16th…
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking translators and interpreters abroad to help British nationals find the support they need.
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
An alternative to liquidation - reschedule payment to creditors to recover from insolvency
How public sector schools can join the risk protection arrangement (RPA), an alternative to commercial insurance, which may save time and money.
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
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