Financial provision for children

This service is typically requested when two parents are divorcing or separating, and need to make agreements upon how to support their child or children, in terms of financial aid.

The Child Support Agency, and not the Courts, has the main responsibility for assessing Child Maintenance, provided both parents live in this country and no agreement can be reached.

The Courts have jurisdiction to deal with Child Maintenance in limited circumstances, such as where:

- A child needs extra assistance due to a disability

- One of the parents is resident abroad

- School Fees Orders are being sought

- Extra money for Child Support is necessary over and above a Child Support Assessment.

It is whereby an unmarried parent can seek help from an absent parent for assistance with housing, to include a Settlement of Property Order or a Transfer of Property Order, for the benefit of the child.

It should, however, be noted that in such cases the money or property settled would revert to the original owner when the child reaches the age of 18 or ceases full-time education.

Lump-Sum Orders can be made in respect of particular items of expenditure which a child may need, and this will include the ability to obtain a lump sum on account of legal costs to fund proceedings.

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