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If you’re tempted not to pay, you need to weigh up the consequences, which can be severe: • Each month, the CSA issues over 5,500 new deduction from earnings orders or deduction orders (where child maintenance is forcibly taken out of a parent’s...
A few tips for when things go wrong with CSA payments... The information below is relevant to CSA cases. The CSA has now been replaced by the Child Maintenance Service. For information on CMS please see our section HERE Contact the CSA You...
At DAD, we speak to lots of separated parents who feel that they are treated unfairly, especially around child maintenance... “I never see my kids so I don’t have to pay child maintenance..” Under child support law, contact with your children and parental...
As dads it can be tempting to compartmentalise feelings and try to plough on. There are many demands on men, both at work and at home, and the days are full. People depend on you. People need you to show up and carry on- or, at least, that can be the perception....
Finding yourself splitting from- and having to co-parent with- a toxic ex can be a relentlessly difficult ordeal. Not only that, but it can continue for years while your child grows up. The frustration and anger that you need to cope with while maintaining a calm...
It's that time again: up and down the country parents are ironing uniforms, sticking name tags on to blazers and packing pencil cases. But how are our kids feeling? For some, the return to school- or start of school- brings a heap of anxiety. Here' how to help a child...