questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on parents of requiring a revised court order before the Child Maintenance Service can recognise changes to shared care arrangements that are already taking place in practice.
answerText: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not require a court order in all cases. The job of the CMS is to determine what contact is actually taking place and ensure that is reflected in the maintenance calculation. Where shared care arrangements are dispu...
heading: Contact Orders: Children