Guidance

Child maintenance: what happens when someone denies they are the parent of a child: leaflet

This leaflet explains what happens when someone named as the parent of a child in a child maintenance case denies that they are the parent.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 26 March 2013
• Last updated: 30 June 2014 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 28 August 2020

This leaflet is no longer up to date. Find out what happens when someone denies they are the parent of a child.

Documents

[Withdrawn] What happens when someone denies they are the parent of a child?

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78153-314-7, CMSB010GB

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Details

This leaflet explains how the Child Maintenance Service investigates parentage disputes, and what happens during the investigation. It explains how disputes like this can affect child maintenance, how we sort them out and what happens after we have sorted them out.

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 26 March 2013

Last updated 30 June 2014 + show all updates

1. 30 June 2014

   Published updated leaflet with the latest guidance about child maintenance.

2. 26 March 2013

   First published.