These are the current rates for child maintenance, according to information released by the Child Maintenance Service. If both parents share childcare responsibilities then the amount the paying parent has to pay is reduced depending on the number of nights and how many children they care for:. Child maintenance payments should not affect any benefits you are claiming or affect the amount of benefits you are entitled to. This applies to all income-based benefits including Universal credit, housing benefit and tax credits.
You should always declare any child support payments you are getting when you apply for benefits. But, if the paying parent is claiming benefits, this will affect the amount they have to pay you. Universal Credit payments will change in October , so make sure you check how it will affect you. If you're on Universal Credit or benefits and struggling to make ends meet, you could be entitled to extra cash.
We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online Money team? In the same way, if you make payments to your ex-partner and your income goes down, you can ask for the payments to be reduced. For instant money guidance based on your circumstances, get started with our Money Navigator tool. When you reach another agreement, through mediation or another way, you need to ask the court to endorse it.
Otherwise, the original order keeps running and could lead to problems about arrears. A significant change to your financial situation might include losing your job, starting a new job on a much lower salary, ill health or disability. It can also mean the exact opposite: finding a new job with a much higher salary or inheriting or winning a large sum of money.
This means that the person who receives the maintenance would get a one-off lump sum and the maintenance payments would stop. In Northern Ireland and Scotland , both you and your ex-partner would have to agree to capitalising payments.
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Illness and disability Managing costs, extra financial support, help with work or study. Find out more about getting child maintenance from the CMS.
You might be able to make arrangements for child maintenance as part of the process for ending your relationship. You can find out more about making a consent order on GOV. You should tell the Child Maintenance Service if you find out the other parent has left prison or is no longer a full-time student with no income.
The CMS will then look at your case again. Find out how to apply to the CMS for child maintenance. Private agreements may not be appropriate or safe if you have experienced domestic violence. It may be safer to ask the Child Maintenance Service to arrange and collect the maintenance for you.
For further information contact our legal advice line see Useful contacts. Will receiving child maintenance affect my benefits? Child maintenance will not affect your social security benefits. You should, however, let the relevant benefits agency know about the child maintenance you receive. If you are unable to agree arrangements for child maintenance with the other parent then you can make an application for child maintenance. There are currently three different schemes in place to calculate child maintenance.
Over the next few years parents who use the CSA will have their cases closed and they will be given the option of using the CMS or making arrangements privately with the non-resident parent. Applications to the courts for child maintenance. If you are involved in Court proceedings to divide assets following a divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership and can agree child maintenance you can apply to court to have this agreement turned into a consent order.
If the non-resident parent fails to pay the maintenance agreed in the consent order, then the Court has powers to enforce the order. There are also certain limited circumstances when a resident parent can seek orders from the Court under Schedule 1 of the Children Act CA in addition to seeking maintenance through the CMS, or if a CMS assessment is not available.
This includes when:. Under the Children Act you can apply to the court for maintenance payments, a lump sum or the transfer of property into your sole name. When deciding an application the court will consider all the circumstances in the case including the welfare of the child and the following factors:.
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