Child Maintenance Service Scotland. Call child maintenance options free on 0800 988 0988* for more information. † you may have heard different terms used to de scribe the parents in a child maintenance case.
That’s why, when looking at your housing options and finances on separation, it is as well to factor in possible changes in child support in future. Resolve disagreements about parentage and locate missing parents; Provision of information and guidance.
Both parents are legally responsible for financially supporting any children.
If you decide to make an arrangement through the statutory child maintenance service, you'll pay a £20 application fee. Child maintenance is the legal term for the money paid to one parent by the other as a contribution to cost of the upkeep of the children. You can find the number in your welcome pack or at the top of any letter we have sent to you. This will unfortunately affect some other services it provides including the child maintenance service.