What happens if the parent without the main day-to-day care of the child lives abroad?
You can make a private agreement with a parent living abroad, as long as you can both agree how it will work. If you don’t feel you could do this, the CSA can normally arrange child maintenance when the parent without the main day-to-day care works abroad for a UK based employer. Alternatively, if that parent lives abroad and works for an employer based outside the UK, you may be able to arrange child maintenance through the UK courts. A UK court order can be enforced in many countries abroad. Read more about parents living abroad on the CSA website.
