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Thank you for visiting the CMSAS Limited website. Please note, we are NOT the gov.uk Child Maintenance Service (CMS). If you need to contact the CMS, the number for an existing case with the CMS is 0800 171 2345 and for a new case is 0800 988 0988 or you can go to their website here: https://www.gov.uk/child-maintenance-service. CMSAS Limited consultants are specialists in the Statutory Scheme of child support, as administered by the Child Maintenance Service. We would like to make you aware that we are not the gov.uk Child Maintenance Service (CMS). We are a private company that provide a chargeable service of support, guidance and advice to both Receiving and Paying Parents, with Child Maintenance issues, assessments, appeals, tribunals and all Child Maintenance matters pertaining to the CMS (Child Maintenance Service) and/or HMCTS (Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service), including where difficulties develop with the CMS and/or HMCTS.
Many company directors and shareholders unknowingly structure their earnings in ways that the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) may challenge.
Need help fighting the CSA? We can provide expert advice and support to challenge child support calculations and fight unfair CMS decisions.
Discover the key differences between CMS vs CSA and how the Child Maintenance Service replaced the Child Support Agency in 2012.
Discover how Equal Shared Care & Regulation 50 impact child maintenance payments. Learn the criteria for 50/50 shared care and how to prove it.
Learn how the CMS Equal Shared Care arrangement impacts child maintenance payments when both parents share care equally.
Child Maintenance might not be payable where care of the child is shared equally between parents.
All taxable income, including dividends, is included in child maintenance calculations. Our blog explains what you need to know to avoid legal consequences.
Looking to appeal a child maintenance decision? Learn how to apply to an Upper Tier Tribunal for a chance to overturn a First Tier Tribunal decision.
Before we explain the Child Maintenance First Tier Tribunal process and what to expect, we would like to explain what may result in a First Tier Tribunal hearing being listed.
The Mandatory Reconsideration process is the process to appeal to the Child Maintenance Service with regard to decisions.
Child Maintenance payments stop when the child leaves full-time non-advanced education.
Did you know that making pension contributions can reduce your child benefit/maintenance support payments?
