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  • Decision Makers Guide for Child Maintenance - Basic Principles

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Support for children, 
    • Decision Making

    Date published: 27 October 2021

    Last updated: 13 August 2025

    The Basic Principals volume looks at the duty to maintain, welfare of the child, meaning of certain terms, service types, methods of payment, charging fees, relevant other child, child of the family or child abroad, other children supported under a family based arrangement, shared care, court orders and effective dates. 

    The Duty to Maintain | Welfare of the Child | Meaning of Certain Terms | Relevant Other Child | Child of the Family or Child Abroad | Child Supported Under Family Based Arrangement | Shared Care | Court Orders | Initial Effective Dates | Effective Dates - Effective Dates Table | Service Types and Methods of Payment | Charging Fees

    Documents

    • Chapter 16 - Charging FeesAdobe PDF (141.21 KB)
    • Chapter 15 - Service Types and Methods of PaymentAdobe PDF (136.23 KB)
    • Chapter 14 - Effective Dates - Effective Dates TableAdobe PDF (223.34 KB)
    • Chapter 13 - Initial Effective DatesAdobe PDF (282.93 KB)
    • Chapter 12 - Court OrdersAdobe PDF (129.83 KB)
    • Chapter 11 - Shared CareAdobe PDF (134.72 KB)
    • Chapter 9 - Child Supported Under Family Based ArrangementAdobe PDF (96.92 KB)
    • Chapter 8 - Child of the Family or Child AbroadAdobe PDF (89.1 KB)
    • Chapter 6 - Relevant Other ChildAdobe PDF (291.3 KB)
    • Chapter 5 - Meaning of Certain TermsAdobe PDF (183.14 KB)
    • Chapter 4 - Welfare of the ChildAdobe PDF (305.52 KB)
    • Chapter 3 - The Duty to MaintainAdobe PDF (268.11 KB)

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