Publications

The Child Maintenance Northern Ireland Rules volume looks at legal enforcement, liability orders, order appointing receivers and garnishee orders, order charging land, order for delivery of possession of land, seizure order and sanctions.

This guidance is for Department for Communities decision makers on child maintenance.

The Child Maintenance Information Gathering volume looks at applications, information gathering, last known or notified address, using a credit reference agency, disclosure and verification of death.

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 inco

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

The Child Maintenance Calculations volume looks at the maintenance calculation and different elements of the calculation such as historic, employed or self-employed income and Universal Credit.

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, sh

The Child Maintenance Annexes provide information relating to client contact, court proceedings, notifications and understanding employed and self-employed earners.

The Child Maintenance Evidence and Decision Making volume provides information relating to evidence to use for decision making, income, variations, other factors affecting the calculation and collection and enforcement.

The Child Maintenance Review and Appeals volume looks at revisions, supersessions, income reviews, parentage disputes, correction of decisions, mandatory reconsiderations and appeals.

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