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Child maintenance: how a child鈥檚 living arrangements can affect payments: factsheet
This factsheet explains how child maintenance payments are affected when a child stays overnight with the parent who pays child maintenance.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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In child maintenance cases, a child can spend time with both their parents. We call it 鈥榮hared care鈥� when the child stays overnight with the parent who pays child maintenance. This factsheet explains how shared care can affect child maintenance payments if it happens for an average of 1 night a week or more.
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Published 1 October 2013
Last updated 27 October 2023
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Published updated version of the factsheet 'How your child鈥檚 living arrangements affect child maintenance'.
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First published.