What is child maintenance?
Child maintenance is money which is paid by the father of a child to the mother of the child when the father and mother are separated. Child maintenance is also paid when a woman has a child where she and the child’s father had a short term sexual relationship. The money is to help with food and clothes for the child, school fees and other expenses. Which children can get child maintenance? If you are not married or you have children from a man you were not married to, you can claim maintenance from the father of your children. The children must be under the age of 18 years in order to receive maintenance. Who can apply for maintenance? Every woman, whether she is married or not, can apply to the court for an order that the father of her children pay maintenance for the children. You can apply to the court if the father of your children is not paying any maintenance, is not paying enough maintenance, or is not paying as regularly as he should. How do I apply for maintenance? If you and
