Key topics

Dispute resolution

Introduction to the topic of Dispute Resolution.

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FAQs

What are Child Maintenance payments supposed to cover?

How does the Child Maintenance Service decide on equal shared care?

When do I stop paying maintenance for my child?

How can I prove equal care to the CMS?

I have contact time with my kids coming up but my ex has told me they won’t come because of Coronavirus. What should I do.

How can I obtain a parenting agreement?

How can I obtain Parental Rights and Responsibilities?

What can be done to prevent parental alienation?

How to start family mediation?

Who can apply for a child’s passport?

Does Housing Benefit allow for shared parenting?

Can the surname of my child be changed?

How paternity can be established?

What is the difference between supervised and supported contact in a child contact centre?

Can child maintenance be recalculated if your income changes?

How is child maintenance calculated?

Can I stop my ex-partner from moving away with the children?

Can my children be taken abroad without my permission?

Can denial of contact be considered as coercive control?

Does a divorce have to include consideration of contact arrangements?

What happens if we go to family mediation?

My name isn’t on the birth certificate of my child, how can I deal with this?

Guides/Publications

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