A recent decision from the Central Family Court offers valuable insight into how the courts approach financial remedy claims where both parties are high earners, share childcare equally, and have complex asset portfolios. In OS v DT [2025] EWFC 156 (B), His Honour Judge Edward Hess …
child maintenance
Day to day care and child maintenance
Child maintenance is a tricky area. The regulations are multiple and complex. We do not get many cases reported but we have recently had a very interesting case from the Upper Tribunal. When dealing with child maintenance, one of the key 'issues' is very often the overnight stay …
Child Maintenance Service reformed to crack down on parents who refuse to pay
Parents who wilfully refuse to pay maintenance for their children will face swifter enforcement action £20 CMS application fee will be scrapped from 26 February so no child misses out The government is reforming the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to crack down on parents who refuse to pay and …