When deciding an application the court will consider all the circumstances in the case including the welfare of the child and the following factors:. Any financial provision that the court orders will last until your child reaches 18 unless she or he is, or would be, in full time education or training or there are special reasons why the provision should continue e.
Before applying to the court parties are expected to try to resolve their issues through negotiation and mediation. Any person wishing to apply for an order under Schedule 1 of Children Act will be required to attend a Family Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting before making the application.
See A guide to Alternatives to the Family Court for further information. Child maintenance from someone living abroad. As detailed above an application can be made to Court under Schedule 1 of the Children Act to secure child maintenance from a non-resident parent who is living abroad.
The exceptions are where one of the parents is working abroad for the Government e. You or the non-resident parent are habitually resident in the UK if you are allowed to live in the UK, have made it your home and intend to live here for the time being.
It is possible for a person to be habitually resident in more than one country. The UK has arrangements with over countries and overseas territories that enable someone from one jurisdiction to claim maintenance from someone in another. The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders REMO is the process by which maintenance orders made by UK courts can be registered and enforced by courts or other authorities in other countries.
For more information seek legal advice by contacting our legal advice line or from a family law solicitor see Useful contacts. The law is complex and may have changed since this guide was produced. This guide is designed to provide general information only for the law in England and Wales. You should seek up-to-date, independent legal advice. In all seriousness the last time I seen this child she was 5 years old and now 18 and in that time I have never had contact. Freddy - Sep AM. Resolve and move on ,spoke volumes to me.
I have excepted the courts ruling. Freddy - Sep PM. My step daughter turned 18 this month and goes to college. She also has a part time job. Do we still have to pay maintenance for her after her 18th birthday? Boop - Sep PM. Been apart off the 3 percent off biological father not allowed to see there children though the courtI think that makes me exempt from paying child support because I never paid it.
The magistrate said I was a violent threat and unfit to be around my daughter. Because of the police psychiatrist assessment they done on me. Vince - Sep PM. Kevin - Sep PM.
So my daughter is 18 and is enrolled in a college course hairdresser for 2 days a week this is less that 12 hours , 10 hours and some times less than that. Do I still pay? Leebay - Sep PM. I have just had the standard annual review through for my son. I have two children with my ex wife and I have never failed to pay for my children. My son is 19 and daughter is My son is 20 in December and has decided to stay on at college for another year. Does the child maintenance not stop for him in December now that he is 20?
According to Child maintenance I will continue paying till October Once they work it out that her daughter is dead they will sanction her.
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You should keep a record of the payments you make. You might pay less if the CMS take account of the other children when calculating how much you have to pay. You can also claim compensation for the upset and inconvenience this has caused.
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