Document on maintenance?

Redgirl82

I am wondering is there such a thing which explains what child maintenance is for unmarried parents?

E.g. explains to the parent what they need to pay maintenance for?

So like Kids clothes/food/etc is covered

But that mothers food/clothes etc is not covered....

So exactly what the other parent should be paying for?

I can't find anything

Gee_G

Redgirl82 wrote: »

I am wondering is there such a thing which explains what child maintenance is for unmarried parents?

E.g. explains to the parent what they need to pay maintenance for?

So like Kids clothes/food/etc is covered

But that mothers food/clothes etc is not covered....

So exactly what the other parent should be paying for?

I can't find anything

as far as I know it depends on the parents circumstances. Whether the parent paying the maintenance is employed etc and what they can afford to pay.

Moonbeam

you should make a spread sheet of all your out goings for the child and then another one documenting rent ,heat ,electrical which is shared cost.

braddun

its for yourself and your children


Outside of the court

There is no limit on the amount of maintenance payable which is agreed by informal arrangements made outside of the court.

From the court

The maximum that the District Court can order for maintenance of a child is €150 per week from either parent.

The maximum that the District Court can order a spouse/civil partner to pay for the other spouse is €500 per week.

A parent can seek a contribution from the other parent towards expenses related to the birth of a child, or funeral expenses if a dependent child dies. The maximum that can be awarded in the District Court in each of these circumstances is €2,000. A parent can also seek special one-off lump sum payments (for example, at Christmas time or at the start of the school year) from the District Court up to a maximum of €6,350.

If greater amounts are sought then it is necessary to apply to the Circuit Court or the High Court




Sometimes applications for maintenance form part of other proceedings for example, judicial separation/ divorce /dissolution in the Circuit Court or the High Court. In such cases the appropriate court to deal with an application for maintenance is the court dealing with (or that dealt with) the judicial separation/divorce/dissolution proceedings. This includes applications to discharge or vary the maintenance order. Maintenance applications can also be brought under the Guardianship of Infants Acts, 1964 - 1997 as part of custody, access, maintenance or other applications.


Maintenance payments are not taxed and tax relief is available for maintenance payments to children.


If a parent is receiving One-parent Family Payment (OFP) he or she is required to seek the maintenance from the other parent and OFP may then be reduced by approximately half the amount of the maintenance being paid


If you wish to appeal the decision of the District Court you have 14 days to do so. You have 10 days to appeal a maintenance order made in the Circuit Court to the High Court.

If you have received a maintenance order against one parent and they have refused or neglected to pay, you can obtain an attachment of earnings order. An attachment of earnings order can be sought if the person paying the maintenance is employed. This order will direct the maintenance debtors’ employer to deduct the specified sum from the debtor’s wages. Since 1995, the person who is ordered to pay maintenance, does not need to default on it before an application for attachment of earnings order can be made.