Category: Calculation of Payment Amounts
How Shared Care Credits Affect Child Maintenance UK
Introduction to Shared Care Credits When parents separate, both continue to have a financial responsibility to support their child. In some cases, the child spends time living with both parents. To ensure that child maintenance payments reflect this arrangement fairly, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) uses a system called shared care credits. What are Shared…
Special Expenses: How They Affect Child Maintenance Payments
Introduction to Special Expenses in Child Maintenance Special expenses are specific costs that a parent can ask the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to take into account when calculating child maintenance payments. These expenses are not part of the standard calculation and are considered separately to ensure that the payment amount reflects the true financial circumstances…
