This Practice Note is impacted by the decision of the UK on 23 June 2016 to leave the EU. This has implications for practitioners considering which courts have...
The court retains jurisdiction to make orders for maintenance where there is a disability living allowance paid to a child or where a child is disabled. A child is...
Section 26 of the Child Support Act 1991 (CSA 1991) provides that where a person who is alleged to be the parent of a child for whom a maintenance calculation has been...
This Practice Note details the jurisdiction in relation to child support, via the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), and in limited circumstances via the...
Principles Changes to statutory child support came into force in very limited circumstances with effect from 10 December 2012. Access to the revised scheme...
The court retains jurisdiction to make an order that a non-resident parent (NRP), or person by whom the relevant child has been treated as a child of the...
Applicable law An application can be made to the court for a 'top-up' maintenance order where a maintenance calculation has been undertaken by the Child Maintenance...