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  • Decision Makers Guide for Child Maintenance - Collection and Enforcement

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

    Date published: 27 October 2021

    Last updated: 31 March 2025

    The Child Maintenance Collection and Enforcement volume looks at unlikely to pay, direct non-scheme payments, payment allocation, arrears collection, write off, debt steer, enforcement and collection of 1993/2003 schemes debt, deduction from earnings orders/requests, deduction orders, suspending/pausing arrears collection, offsetting overpayments, recovery from deceased estates, voluntary and part payments.

    Unlikely to Pay | Direct Non Scheme Payments | Payment Allocation | Arrears Method of Collection | The Debt Steer | Enforcement and Collection of 1993/ 2003 Schemes Debt on Child Maintenance Service | Deduction from Earnings Orders and Deduction from Earnings Requests | Deduction Orders | Suspending or Pausing Collection of Child Maintenance Arrears | Offsetting | Overpayments | Voluntary Payments | Recovery from Deceased Estates | Part Payments | Arrears Write Off | 1993/ 2003 Schemes Arrears Write Off - Manual Representation | 1993/ 2003 Schemes Arrears Write Off - Non-resident Parent or Parent with Care Deceased

    Documents

    • Chapter 65 - 1993/ 2003 Schemes Arrears Write Off - Non-resident Parent or Parent with Care DeceasedAdobe PDF (227.39 KB)
    • Chapter 64 - 1993/ 2003 Schemes Arrears Write Off - Manual RepresentationAdobe PDF (244.29 KB)
    • Chapter 63 - Arrears Write OffAdobe PDF (102.21 KB)
    • Chapter 62 - Part PaymentsAdobe PDF (329.32 KB)
    • Chapter 61 - Recovery from Deceased EstatesAdobe PDF (152.98 KB)
    • Chapter 60 - Voluntary PaymentsAdobe PDF (226.16 KB)
    • Chapter 59 - OverpaymentsAdobe PDF (136.71 KB)
    • Chapter 58 - OffsettingAdobe PDF (225.69 KB)
    • Chapter 57 - Suspending or Pausing Collection of Child Maintenance ArrearsAdobe PDF (151.7 KB)
    • Chapter 56 - Deduction OrdersAdobe PDF (363.31 KB)
    • Chapter 55 - Deduction from Earnings Orders and Deduction from Earnings RequestsAdobe PDF (425.91 KB)
    • Chapter 54 - Enforcement and Collection of 1993/ 2003 Schemes Debt on Child Maintenance ServiceAdobe PDF (236.53 KB)
    • Chapter 53 - The Debt SteerAdobe PDF (131.64 KB)
    • Chapter 52 - Arrears Method of CollectionAdobe PDF (223.87 KB)
    • Chapter 51 - Payment AllocationAdobe PDF (303.68 KB)
    • Chapter 50 - Direct Non Scheme PaymentsAdobe PDF (216.53 KB)
    • Chapter 49 - Unlikely to PayAdobe PDF (146.82 KB)
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