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• If you're owed child maintenance

  Find out what you can do if you're not getting the child maintenance payments you're owed

• If you owe child maintenance

  Find out what the CMS can do if you don't pay child maintenance and how they can recover payments

• Paying child maintenance through the CMS

  Find out when you have to pay child maintenance, how much you'll have to pay and how to pay

• Complain about a local council's involvement with your family

  Find out how to complain about your local council if they've been involved with your family

• Agreeing maintenance between you

  Find out what to include in a private child maintenance arrangement and where you can get help to make one

• Getting help for your child from your local council

  What support is available for you and your family - including extra help if your child is a ‘child in need

• Challenging what the CMS says you should get

  Find out how to ask the CMS for a review or a variation, for example if your circumstances have changed

• Check what child maintenance arrangement is right for you

  Find out about the different ways to arrange child maintenance and how to choose the best one for you

• Challenging what the CMS says you should pay

  Find out how to ask the CMS for a review or a variation, for example if your circumstances have changed or you have special expenses

• Looking after people

  Overview and content list for looking after people. Read our advice on help and support for carers and managing affairs for someone else.