Both parents are responsible for the costs of raising their children, even if they do not see them. Making agreements about access to your children happens separately. If you make a private arrangement you can continue paying after then. You can use the Child Maintenance Service to arrange child maintenance if you do not want to contact the other parent yourself.
Child maintenance payments will not affect any benefits that you and your children get. You will not have to pay tax on them. Your Council Tax Reduction could be affected. Contact your local council to find out if this applies to you.
Talk to the other parent about making your own arrangements. If you cannot agree, or you feel at risk talking to the other parent, contact Child Maintenance Options for help and support. To help us improve GOV. However, the level of payments can be adjusted if, for example, either of your income levels change. Child maintenance payments usually stop when the child in question is 16 years old. If the child is in full-time education up to A-level or equivalent, payments stop once they reach There are other exceptional circumstances that define when you can stop paying child maintenance, for example:.
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Help with meeting goals, tax-friendly saving, saving for children. And often that means one parent will pay the other. This is referred to as a family-based arrangement. To get an idea of how much child maintenance you should pay or receive, use the child maintenance calculator on the GOV. UK website. You can contact the CMS by calling or through your online account.
Child maintenance might stop earlier — for example, if one parent dies or the child no longer qualifies for child benefit. Use the child maintenance calculator. UK for more information. The figures below assume that your children stay with the parent who receives child maintenance all the time. If your children spend some time with the paying parent, this will reduce the amount of child maintenance he or she pays.
The amount of child maintenance is reduced for each child who spends time with the paying parent. The Child Maintenance Service simply reduces the amount of weekly income that it takes into account. For example, if the paying parent is paying for:.
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