Child Support Handbook

by JacquiMcDowell (Editor), Alison Garnham (Author), EmmaKnights (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $48.21

  The Child Support Handbook is established as the definitive comprehensive guide to the child support scheme, as it applies throughout the UK including Scotland. In 2003 the child support system will undergo the sweeping changes that were originally announced for 2002. Users of the Child Support Handbook will need this new edition in order to cope with the changes, which include a new way of calculating child support assessments, changes to the rules on authorising the Child Support Agency to act and which parents remain on the old system. The Child Support Handbook is established as the definitive comprehensive guide to the child support scheme, as it applies throughout the UK including Scotland. It explains clearly: who is affected, how to apply for maintenance and how to withdraw an application; how the Child Support Agency (CSA) operates; the requirement to co-operate for parents with care on benefit; how the formula for calculating payments works; refusal to co-operate and the benefit penalty; collection and enforcement; negotiating payment in arrears; reviews, appeals and making complaints. As well as covering changes to the law and regulations, the handbook contains all new case law. There are tips on practical ways of dealing with applications and making appeals, using actual examples and case studies. The Child Support Handbook is fully indexed and cross referenced to statutes, regulations and case law, as well as to the CPAG Welfare Benefits Handbook. It is the standard guide for parents, family and matrimonial lawyers, welfare rights advisers, social workers, and advice agencies. All Citizens Advice Bureaux use this handbook when dealing with child support cases.