DWP Child maintenance decision makers' guide

 


All volumes and other useful information
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-maintenance-decision-makers-guide?fbclid=IwAR3Kolg9ZkF8Aw9dHclEVGpb6srDXCYG7L9C86bHYWb1k30ZJaHkerInONQ


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Volume 1 - The Basic Principles (Chapters 3-16)
  
• Chapter 3 - The duty to maintain
• Chapter 4 - Welfare of the child 
• Chapter 5 - Meaning of certain terms 
• Chapter 6 - Relevant other child 
• Chapter 7 - Spare 
• Chapter 8 - Child of the family or child abroad 
• Chapter 9 - Child supported under family based arrangement (CIFBA) 
• Chapter 10 - Spare 
• Chapter 11 - Shared care 
• Chapter 12 - Court Orders 
• Chapter 13 - Initial effective dates 
• Chapter 14 - Effective dates (Effective date tables) 
• Chapter 15 - Service types and methods of payment 
• Chapter 16 - Charging and Application fees 



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Volume 2 - Maintenance Calculations (Chapters 17-26) 
 
• Chapter 17 - Maintenance calculation overview 
• Chapter 18 - Historic income 
• Chapter 19 - Current income - Employed 
• Chapter 20 - Current income - Self-employed 
• Chapter 21 - Universal Credit 
• Chapter 22 - Umbrella Companies 
• Chapter 23 - Other factors affecting the maintenance calculation 
• Chapter 24 - Estimating current income 
• Chapter 25 - Rates and rules 
• Chapter 26 - Default maintenance decisions (DMDs) 



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Volume 3 - Variations (Chapters 27-36)

• Chapter 27 - Variations overview 
• Chapter 28 - Contact costs 
• Chapter 29 - Illness or disability of a relevant other child 
• Chapter 30 - Prior debts 
• Chapter 31 - Boarding school fees 
• Chapter 32 - Certain payments 
• Chapter 33 - Unearned income 
• Chapter 34 - Assets exceeding a prescribed value 
• Chapter 35 - Earned income 
• Chapter 36 - Diversion of income 



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Volume 4 - Information Gathering (Chapters 37-41) 

• Chapter 37 - Applications 
• Chapter 38 - Information gathering 
• Chapter 39 - Last known or last notified address 
• Chapter 40 - Credit Reference Agency (CRA) disclosure 
• Chapter 41 - Verification of death



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Volume 5 - Reviews and Appeals (Chapters 42-48)

• Chapter 42 - Revisions 
• Chapter 43 - Supersessions 
• Chapter 44 - Income reviews 
• Chapter 45 - Parentage disputes 
• Chapter 46 - Correction of decisions 
• Chapter 47 - Mandatory reconsideration (MR) 
• Chapter 48 - Appeals 



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Volume 6 - Collection and Enforcement (Chapters 49-95) 

• Chapter 49 - Unlikely to pay 
• Chapter 50 - Direct non scheme payments 
• Chapter 51 - Payment allocation 
• Chapter 52 - Arrears • Chapter 53 - The Debt Steer 
• Chapter 54 - Enforcement and collection of CSA debt on CMS 
• Chapter 55 - DEOs and DERs 
• Chapter 56 - Deduction Orders 
• Chapter 57 - Suspending or pausing collection of Child Maintenance arrears 
• Chapter 58 - Offsetting 
• Chapter 59 - Overpayments 
• Chapter 60 - Voluntary Payments 
• Chapter 61 - Recovery from deceased estates 
• Chapter 62 - Part payments 
• Chapter 63 - Arrears write off 
• Chapter 64 - CSA arrears write off - manual representation 
• Chapter 65 - CSA arrears write off - NRP or PWC deceased 
• Chapter 66 - Spare 
• Chapter 67 - Spare 
• Chapter 68 - Spare 
• Chapter 69 - Spare 
• Chapter 70 - Spare 
• Chapter 71 - Legal enforcement 
• Chapter 72 - Setting aside of disposition order (SADO) 
• Chapter 73 - Liability orders 
• Chapter 74 - Enforcement agents 
• Chapter 75 -Third party debt orders (TPDO) 
• Chapter 76 - Charging orders 
• Chapter 77 - Order for sale 
• Chapter 78 - Freezing orders 
• Chapter 79 - Sanctions 
• Chapter 80 - Variation Orders 
• Chapter 81 - Legal enforcement 
• Chapter 82 - Order for interdict or action for reduction 
• Chapter 83 - Liability Orders 
• Chapter 84 - Charge for payment 
• Chapter 85 - Action of furthcoming 
• Chapter 86 - Arrestment on the dependance 
• Chapter 87 - Arrestment 
• Chapter 88 - Inhibition on the dependance 
• Chapter 89 - Inhibition 
• Chapter 90 - Sanctions 
• Chapter 91 - Interim attachment 
• Chapter 92 - Attachment 
• Chapter 93 - Exceptional attachment 
• Chapter 94 - Sequestration 
• Chapter 95 - Trust Deeds



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Volume 7 - Evidence and Decision Making (Chapters 96-100) 

• Chapter 96 - Evidence and Decision Making 
• Chapter 97 - Evidence - Income 
• Chapter 98 - Evidence - Variations 
• Chapter 99 - Evidence - other factors affecting the MC 
• Chapter 100 - Evidence - collection and enforcement 


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Full set of the Child Maintenance Service procedures on the Voice of the Child - https://www.voiceofthechild.org.uk/kb/cms-full-set-policies-procedures/


A copy of the Child Support Handbook is highly recommended to complement the above information

 

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