Child Maintenance Service Calculator. If a paying parent does not pay the right amount of child maintenance on time, then the child maintenance service can, and will, take appropriate action to get the money owed. Child maintenance is regular, reliable financial support that helps towards a child's everyday living costs.
Depending on how you arrange your child maintenance, fees may be added to this amount. In the event of the parent’s death, the child may lodge a claim. The child maintenance service will only get involved if a parent asks.
Legal advice for paying and receiving parents on all child maintenance service matters.
This site uses cookies to make the site simpler. The amount of child maintenance worked out by the online calculator may be different from that which the statutory maintenance service works out and asked a paying parent to pay, or the amount that has been agreed in court as part of a consent order. Once the child reaches the age of 18 years, the onus is on the child to prove how much maintenance he/she needs. You’ll need to pay a £20 fee unless you’re under 19 or have experienced domestic violence or abuse.