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 …
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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 …
When the child you thought was yours is not…..
We had another interesting case report recently. The background The husband and wife got married in 2003, and a child ‘C’ was born several years later. The husband and wife separated in 2017. Divorce proceedings and financial proceedings were started. In 2018, C was subject to a DNA test. …