Child support and maintenance claims

Hill Dickinson’s family team can advise on the full range of child support and spousal maintenance issues including:

  • Calculation of child support and spousal maintenance
  • The options of voluntary arrangements, Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) assessment or court order for child support
  • Applications for top-up child support maintenance, Schedule 1 Children Act claims and applications for school fee orders
  • Advice on court and CMEC jurisdiction issues and representation in tribunal and court proceedings
  • The interplay between child and spousal maintenance and the impact of re-marriage or cohabitation on spousal maintenance
  • Applications to vary or terminate spousal maintenance claims, including applications to capitalise maintenance

Examples of recent work include:

  • Representation of a property developer in CSA tribunal proceedings in which CSA jurisdiction was disputed
  • Representation of a party in a top-up maintenance application, school fees application and application for the court to determine whether the child should be privately educated
  • Representation of a husband on an application brought by his wife to capitalise spousal maintenance payments in circumstances where, on the husband’s case, the wife was in a cohabiting relationship

Key contacts


Tricia Cottrell
Head of Family
Tricia Cottrell
Telephone
+44 (0) 151 600 8412
Email
tricia.cottrell@hilldickinson.com
Amy Harris
Solicitor
Amy Harris
Telephone
+44 (0) 151 600 8812
Email
amy.harris@hilldickinson.com

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