Child maintenance: managing payments with 'Collect & Pay': factsheet
This factsheet explains the 'Collect & Pay' way of paying child maintnance where the Child Maintenance Service sets up and manages payments.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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The Child Maintenance Service offers 2 different ways of paying child maintenance:
- Collect & Pay – where we set up and manage your payments for you
- Direct Pay – where you manage payments directly with the other parent (once we’ve worked out a child maintenance amount)
This factsheet tells you about Collect & Pay.
We have published a separate factsheet about Direct Pay.
Find out more about child maintenance.