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  • Decision Makers Guide for Child Maintenance - Variations

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

    Date published: 27 October 2021

    Last updated: 18 March 2025

    The Child Maintenance Variations volume provides a variations overview and information on variations to the maintenance calculation in relation to contact costs, illness or disability of a relevant other child, prior debts, boarding school fees, certain payments, unearned income, assets exceeding a prescribed value, earned income and diversion of income.

    Variations Overview | Contact Costs | Illness or Disability of a Relevant Other Child | Prior Debts | Boarding School Fees | Certain Payments | Unearned Income | Assets Exceeding a Prescribed Value | Earned Income | Diversion of Income

    Documents

    • Chapter 36 - Diversion of IncomeAdobe PDF (402.92 KB)
    • Chapter 35 - Earned IncomeAdobe PDF (126.58 KB)
    • Chapter 34 - Assets Exceeding a Prescribed ValueAdobe PDF (139.13 KB)
    • Chapter 33 - Unearned IncomeAdobe PDF (123.86 KB)
    • Chapter 32 - Certain PaymentsAdobe PDF (194.29 KB)
    • Chapter 31 - Boarding School FeesAdobe PDF (285.23 KB)
    • Chapter 30 - Prior DebtsAdobe PDF (135.73 KB)
    • Chapter 29 - Illness or Disability of a Relevant Other ChildAdobe PDF (89.14 KB)
    • Chapter 28 - Contact CostsAdobe PDF (296.42 KB)
    • Chapter 27 - Variations OverviewAdobe PDF (162.28 KB)
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