Child Maintenance: Child Support Act 1991 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853081891 ISBN 13: 9780853081890

Synopsis

The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act will radically change the existing child support system by replacing the Child Support Agency with a new body, the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC). Child Maintenance and Enforcement: The New Law is a detailed account of the new legislation. This invaluable and authoritative guide offers practitioners advice on the law, practice and procedure under the new regime which includes simplifying how child maintenance is calculated, encouraging parents to make their own child maintenance arrangements and introducing tougher enforcement powers to collect arrears of child maintenance from parents who fail to pay. The book also contains the full text of the Act. CONTENTS The background to and general principles of the Act How child maintenance is calculated Special cases: Revisions, variations and exceptions Procedure Voluntary agreements and the role of the courts Disputes as to parentage Appeals and judicial review Collection and enforcement Transitional provisions and miscellaneous matters

About this title

Synopsis

This book sets out to provide guidance to family law professionals on the operation of the new regime arising from the Child Support Act 1991, which will take effect form April 1993. It presents the full text of the Act, rules and regulations, transitional arrangements, interrelationship with other ancillary relief, worked examples showing how the formula will operate and the position in Scotland. The book advises on issues such as what kind of maintenance will be affected - and which children; how the formula will work; what solicitors will need to tell their clients; the role of the solicitor under the new system; whether "clean breaks" will still be possible; how appeals will work; how the new arrangements will tie in with wife maintenance and other financial relief; and how and when the changes will be introduced.

About the Author

Roger Bird, Former District Judge, Bristol County Court and District Registry David Burrows, Solicitor Advocate, Bristol

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0853081891
• ISBN 13: 9780853081890
• Binding: Paperback