Child Maintenance

AB v CD [2022] EWFC 197

Judgment date: 05 January 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/197.html HHJ Shelton. Cross applications to vary a global periodical payment order for a child aged 19 who is severely disabled and a spousal maintenance. The global order at the time of this judgment was

James v Seymour: The Calculator

James v Seymour: The Calculator

As helpfully summarised by Calum Smith on the FRJ website Mostyn J’s judgment in James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam) 675 included a renewed attempt to tackle how Child Maintenance should be calculated, effectively refining the methodology first set out in CB v KB [2019] EWFC 78. In

Child Maintenance Top-Ups – an Update Following James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)

Child Maintenance Top-Ups – an Update Following James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/844.html Introduction The quantum of child maintenance is an area of considerable contention, particularly in the context that there are now around 629,000 taxpayers earning more than £150,000. This is a 2.3 times increase since the statutory

James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)

Judgment date: 19 April 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/844 Mostyn J. An appeal concerning the correct approach to the calculation of child maintenance liability in which Mostyn J adds to the ever-expanding repository of family law acronyms. The mother ('M') and father ('

PP v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and SP [2022] UKUT 286 (AAC)

Judgment date: 01 November 2022 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/AAC/2022/286.html Upper Tribunal Judge Wikeley. Decision on F’s appeal. A reconsideration of a re-assessment of F’s child maintenance liability resulted in FTT ruling (in the absence of both parties): (1) that F’s

A Wife v A Husband [2022] EWFC 154

Judgment date: 06 December 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/154.html HHJ Vincent. Consent order provided for W to receive lump sum in instalments for purpose of housing herself and the children, and spousal and child periodical payments. W relocated and sought accelerated receipt. Further

Child Maintenance Outside the Child Maintenance Service: Where Are We Now?

Child Maintenance Outside the Child Maintenance Service: Where Are We Now?

In the majority of cases child maintenance is determined exclusively by the formula prescribed by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). In summary it is a percentage of the paying parent’s income with deductions for overnight care. But there are some exceptions where the English family court may have the