4 Options For Arranging Child Maintenance

4 OPTIONS FOR ARRANGING
CHILD MAINTENANCE
If you are divorced and have children, both parents
are expected to pay for the cost of bringing up their
children till they are 16 years of age. There are 4
different options in which you can pay for your child
maintenance.

FAMILY-BASED ARRANGEMENT
You and your ex-partner mutually decides how
child maintenance should be dealt.
It is a general practice that both of the parents
pay for child maintenance till the children are at
least 16 years of age.

DIRECT PAY
If you are unable to decide how much money
should be paid for child maintenance, you can
consult Child Maintenance Service (CMS).
CMS calculates the amount of money needed for
the child maintenance.
The partners still have to decide how they are
going to pay the amount.

COLLECT AND PAY
Ex-Partners usually can have bad terms with
each other.
If the ex-partners don’t want to stay in contact,
the CMS can collect the money from one partner
and can send to the other.

COURT-ORDERED ARRANGEMENT
The child maintenance is decided by the court if a
parent has a very high level of income.
This thing is also practiced if it is to be decided
how much to pay for step children or disabled
children.
Court-ordered arrangement is also used if either
of the parent lives abroad.

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