Child Maintenance Service guidance (collection)
A gov.uk collection bringing together the official CMS service leaflets for the 2012 child maintenance scheme, covering how the service operates, how payments are calculated, and what clients can expect — effectively the published service standards for CMS users.
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Child Maintenance Service guidance
This series brings together leaflets about the 2012 child maintenance scheme managed by the Child Maintenance Service.
From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
5 April 2013
Last updated
26 March 2014
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See all updates
These leaflets and factsheets give guidance about Child Maintenance Service cases – ‘2012 scheme’ cases.
We have published separate
leaflets for cases managed by the Child Support Agency (
CSA
)
. They cover the following schemes:
CSA
cases opened after March 2003
– ‘2003 scheme’ cases
CSA
cases opened before March 2003
– ‘1993 scheme’ cases
Child Maintenance Service leaflets
We have published a range of leaflets with details about child maintenance and using the Child Maintenance Service.
Child maintenancereceiving payments through the Child Maintenance Service
15 October 2025
Guidance
Child maintenancehow we work out payments: leaflet
1 April 2026
Guidance
Child maintenancehow we review cases every year: leaflet
8 April 2024
Guidance
Child Maintenance Service factsheets
These factsheets give a summary of information about child maintenance.
Child Maintenance Servicevisits by investigating officers: factsheet
27 October 2023
Guidance
Child maintenancehow receiving parents can ask us to consider other income: factsheet
27 October 2023
Guidance
Child maintenancehow paying parents can ask us to consider other income: factsheet
27 October 2023
Guidance
Child maintenancehow a child’s living arrangements can affect payments: factsheet
27 October 2023
Guidance
Child maintenanceadjusting payments for 'split care': factsheet
27 October 2023
Guidance
Updates to this page
Published 5 April 2013
Last updated 26 March 2014
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26 March 2014
Added 'How we collect and use your information' publication to the collection.
5 April 2013
First published.
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