A Source of Additional Maintenance for wealthy clients and a resource for unmarried parents It is perhaps not commonly known that child maintenance assessments made by the Child Maintenance Service may benefit from a top up order made by the courts in cases where the Non Resident Parent has income of more than £3000 gross per week. (income figure at the time of writing). This may be a very useful source of additional income particularly for unmarried separated parents who do not have … [Read more...]
Will I receive maintenance from my partner if I divorce?
There are two types of maintenance that you could be entitled to on the divorce or dissolution of your marriage, the first being child maintenance. Child maintenance Both parents have a legal responsibility for the financial maintenance of their child. Child maintenance is the contribution towards a child’s living costs by the parent who does not live with them. In order to be eligible for this, your child must be under 16, or under 20, but in full-time education up to A-levels or … [Read more...]
Child Maintenance – What are my options?
The Child Maintenance Service, known as the CMS, deals with the majority of instances where child maintenance payments are needed. Parents can apply to the CMS for a child maintenance assessment which specifies how much they are to pay or receive. Where there are divorce proceedings, parents can agree a Child Maintenance Order, which specifies the sum that one parent is to pay the other in child maintenance. This is usually a sum that is higher than the CMS calculation. However, in … [Read more...]