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CSA quarterly summary of statistics

by Edinburgh Family Lawyer Friday, 27 April 2012 Category Children & Child Custody 0 Comments

The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, which is responsible for the functions of the Child Support Agency (CSA), has published the latest statistics on CSA operations. The CSA is responsible for tracing non-resident parents, working out how much child maintenance they should pay and collecting and enforcing payments.

Tags: Child Maintenance Payments, Child Support Payments, Child Maintenance Arrears, Child Maintenance Advice Edinburgh, Family Lawyers Edinburgh

Feckless fathers should be forced to provide for their children

by Edinburgh Family Lawyer Wednesday, 14 March 2012 Category Children & Child Custody 0 Comments

A new report by think tank Policy Exchange has said that fathers who no longer live with their partners and are on benefits should be made to work if they refuse to take financial responsibility for their children.

Tags: Child Maintenance Advice Lawyers Edinburgh, Child Maintenance Advice Edinburgh, Non-Resident Parent, Custodial Parent, Child Support Payments, Child Maintenance Payments

Child Support Agency reforms

by Edinburgh Family Lawyer Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Category Children & Child Custody 0 Comments

Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC), which specialises in law and policy affecting children and young people, has spoken out against the government's proposed reforms to the child maintenance system.

Tags: Child Maintenance Arrangements, Child Support Payments, Child Custody, Single Parent Families, Child Maintenance Payments Advice Edinburgh, Child Maintenance Payments Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

Latest CSA performance statistics released

by Edinburgh Family Lawyer Thursday, 26 January 2012 Category Children & Child Custody 0 Comments

The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has published the latest Child Support Agency (CSA) performance statistics.

Tags: Child Maintenance Payments, Child Support Payments, Child Custody, Child Maintenance Advice Dunfermline, Child Maintenance Advice Lawyers Dunfermline

Child support arrangements in America

by Edinburgh Family Lawyer Tuesday, 17 January 2012 Category Children & Child Custody 0 Comments

A recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau has revealed that in 2009, 41.2% of custodial parents received the full amount of child support owed them, down from 46.8% in 2007. The proportion of these parents who were owed child support payments and who received any amount at all — either full or partial — declined from 76.3% to 70.8% over the period.

Tags: Child Maintenance, Child Support Payments, Child Custody, Child Contact, Child Support Advice Edinburgh, Child Support Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

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