Acknowledgments Foreword - author to be confirmed Table of Cases Table of Statutes and Regulations 1. Introduction 2. Essential terminology 3. Child Support and its legislation in context 4. The Child Support Agency - powers, functions, personnel. 5. The basic formula and its intended working 6. Who is covered by the CSA? - non resident parent and resident parent - application of formula to: - married spouses on income support - married spouses not on income support - cohabitees - non UK resident parents 7. Assessment - definition of income - factors influencing assessment including: - contact - repartnering (stepchildren and responsibility thereof) - other children from previous relationships - housing costs - pension costs - tax and national insurance - self employment - other 8. Variations or grounds for departure: - material settlement - child contact costs - child's long term illness or disability - pre-separation debts - boarding school element - ongoing costs of family home and others which will be covered. 9. Pre 1993 capital transfers 10. Phasing in of the Act 11. Disclosure of information and penalties for failure to disclose including: - false information - driving disqualification - imprisonment 12. The CSA interface with the Courts and challenging assessments - departure - review - appeal 13. Child Support arrangements outside the Act 14. Collection and Enforcement 15. Human Rights Act and Judicial Review APPENDIX I Child Support statutory material APPENDIX II Income Support statutory material APPENDIX III Useful addresses and websites Index Glossary of abbreviations
