child maintenance

New laws protecting parents who use the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) from abusive ex-partners are due to be introduced following an independent review.

• New measures to protect survivors from direct contact with abusers
• Improvements to domestic abuse staff training
• One-to-one support for survivors to be trialled

Survivors of domestic abuse will be...

Parents who refuse to pay child maintenance could face curfews, as Ministers plan new powers for the Child Maintenance Service.

The change is being considered as part of fresh proposals that will get more of the money that is owed to the children of separated parents.

The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) collected or arranged £1 billion in child maintenance payments last year,...

Children of separated parents are set to benefit from changes to the Child Maintenance Service announced today (14 March 2022) as new powers are revealed.

From: Department for Work and Pensions and Baroness Deborah Stedman-Scott OBE DL

Published 14 March 2022

The new powers being introduced will expand the list of companies and organisations required to provide information...

As hugs return to our lives, a leading national charity whose HQ is in Exeter is urging separated families across Devon to ensure the children get the chance to hug both their parents.

For over a year, separated families have adapted parenting arrangements as best they could. Restrictions meant many children didn’t see one of their parents for many months on end, and for some even...