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Links to information about how to sort out child maintenance yourselves, about using the government's Child Maintenance Service, how the courts can help and where to get information about your options.

Explains how you can agree child maintenance yourself. Includes information about how to work out how much the payments should be, where you can get help to agree payments and how you can formalise your agreement.

If you are trying to agree an amount for child maintenance, this calculator can give you an indication of how much you can expect to pay or receive.

Links to a calculator you can use to work out how much child maintenance you should pay or get if you are arranging it yourselves.

The Child Maintenance Service is there for you to use if you and your child's other parent can’t agree arrangements for child maintenance between you. Information about paying child maintenance, what happens if there is a disagreement about parentage, changes you need to report, complaints and appeals.

A service providing information and support to help both parents make an informed choice about child maintenance. Includes information on what child maintenance is and what options you have.

What can happen if you get into arrears of child maintenance. (Content applies to England and Wales only.)

Explains your options if you disagree with your child maintenance calculation. The information you need depends on whether you receive child maintenance through the Child Support Agency (‘CSA’) or the Child Maintenance Service (‘CMS’). Check your records to see which scheme you are using and then select the information that applies to you.

This factsheet explains what  to do if you think you’re not getting the right amount of child maintenance from the Child Support Agency (CSA). It covers what to do if the information used in your child maintenance calculation is wrong, your circumstances have changed, or you don’t think the full circumstances have been taken into account.

Explains what you can do if you disagree with a decision the Child Support Agency has made about how much child maintenance you must pay or should receive.