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Child Maintenance Service guidance

This series brings together leaflets about the 2012 child maintenance scheme managed by the Child Maintenance Service.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 5 April 2013
• Last updated: 26 March 2014 — See all updates

These leaflets and factsheets give guidance about Child Maintenance Service cases – ‘2012 scheme’ cases.

We have published separate leaflets for cases managed by the Child Support Agency (CSA). They cover the following schemes:

• CSA cases opened after March 2003 – ‘2003 scheme’ cases
• CSA cases opened before March 2003 – ‘1993 scheme’ cases

Child Maintenance Service leaflets

We have published a range of leaflets with details about child maintenance and using the Child Maintenance Service.

• Child maintenance: receiving payments through the Child Maintenance Service: leaflet
  • 23 September 2022
  • Guidance
• Child maintenance: how we work out payments: leaflet
  • 30 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Child maintenance: how we review cases every year: leaflet
  • 8 April 2024
  • Guidance

Child Maintenance Service factsheets

These factsheets give a summary of information about child maintenance.

• Child Maintenance Service: visits by investigating officers: factsheet
  • 27 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Child maintenance: how receiving parents can ask us to consider other income: factsheet
  • 27 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Child maintenance: how paying parents can ask us to consider other income: factsheet
  • 27 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Child maintenance: how a child’s living arrangements can affect payments: factsheet
  • 27 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Child maintenance: adjusting payments for 'split care': factsheet
  • 27 October 2023
  • Guidance

Published 5 April 2013
Last updated 26 March 2014 + show all updates

1. 26 March 2014

   Added 'How we collect and use your information' publication to the collection.

2. 5 April 2013

   First published.