Contact and paying child maintenance

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Contact factsheet. December 2007

All parents have a responsibility to maintain their child financially until the child reaches 16, or 18 if in full-time education or training (unless the child is adopted), even if they do not live with the child and do not have any contact with the child. However, the courts see child maintenance and contact as unrelated issues and you cannot refuse contact to the child's other parent, because they are not paying any or sufficient maintenance for the child.

Note: If your child stays overnight with their other parent for more than 52 nights a year, this will reduce the amount of a Child Support Agency maintenance calculation. For more information about maintenance, call the Lone Parent Helpline on 0800 028 5026.

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