Guidance

About the Child Maintenance Service: leaflet

This leaflet explains what the Child Maintenance Service does.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 1 November 2013
• Last updated: 9 May 2019 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 28 August 2020

This leaflet is no longer up to date. Find out about the Child Maintenance Service.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

[Withdrawn] About the Child Maintenance Service

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78153-005-4, CMSB001GB

PDF, 1.54 MB, 49 pages

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Details

The Child Maintenance Service works out, collects and pays out child maintenance payments on behalf of some separated parents in England, Wales and Scotland. This leaflet gives more detail about what we do, including:

• what child maintenance is
• how you can arrange to pay or receive it
• how we work out child maintenance

Find out more about child maintenance.

Child maintenance leaflets in other formats

Phone 0800 171 2345

TexBox and textphone number 0800 232 1975

This leaflet is available in Welsh, Braille and in print.

Find out about call charges.

Published 1 November 2013
Last updated 9 May 2019 + show all updates

1. 9 May 2019

   Added updated version of the leaflet.

2. 1 November 2013

   First published.