The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee found that unpaid maintenance owed to parents on Collect & Pay, the service operated by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to distribute payments, is ...

On Monday, the government will publish its response to a consultation on measures to give the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) more powers to recover cash from non-paying parents faster.

After the government said it would close a legal loophole that allowed "a small minority" to avoid making child maintenance payments, we asked for your experiences. The loophole identified by the ...

The Government will tomorrow publish its response to a consultation on measures to give the Child Maintenance Service more powers to recover cash from non-paying parents faster. These will include ...

PARENTS have a common-law duty to maintain their child – that is according to a principle that is solidified in the Maintenance Act (99 of 1998). “A child is defined as a person who is younger ...