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What you must do by law with a deductions from earnings order (DEO or AEO) to make child maintenance deductions from your employee's pay.
The Child Maintenance Service can ask you to: give information about an…
You must deduct the amount of child maintenance stated on the deduction…
A deduction from earnings order (DEO) can only be made from an employee’s…
Send deduction from earnings order (DEO) payments to the Child Maintenance…
You’ll get a monthly payment schedule by post after you’ve been sent a…
You must contact the Child Maintenance Service within 10 days if: you’re…
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
You cannot make a new application to the Child Maintenance Service if the…
How you get a child maintenance decision depends on whether the other…
You can still enforce a child maintenance decision if the other parent…
You might be able to make a new child maintenance claim instead of…
How to set up or manage a child maintenance arrangement, including what to do if a parent does not pay, how to contact the Child Maintenance Service, and signing in to your account.
Child maintenance covers how your child’s living costs will be paid when…
Your child needs to be under 16 - or under 20 if they are in approved…
You can either arrange child maintenance: privately between parents, if…
Payments can be arranged: privately between parents, if both parents agree…
Sign in to your Child Maintenance Service account to: report a change in…
If you or the other parent in your child maintenance case denies that…
There are some changes you must tell the Child Maintenance Service about…
You can contact the Child Maintenance Service through your online account.…
Make a complaint Follow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
You can make a private arrangement with your child’s other parent about…
Child maintenance stops on 31 August on or after your child’s 16th…
What happens when the Environment Agency stops maintaining a flood or coastal erosion defence, how to challenge the decision and how to manage your risk afterwards.
See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use
Find out what to do if your child maintenance payment is missed or you're not able to pay your child maintenance.
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You might be able to get Income Tax back or pay less tax if you make maintenance payments to an ex-spouse or civil partner.
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