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Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance in Cases of Equal Shared Care

Child Maintenance in Cases of Equal Shared Care

The situation: two parents share childcare seemingly equally but there is a significant income imbalance. The issue: how is child maintenance determined? Does the Child Maintenance Service have jurisdiction? Does the Family Court have jurisdiction? Do neither? This article aims to address these questions, albeit in circumstances where the relevant

Renée v Galbraith-Marten [2023] EWFC 141

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/141 Cobb J. Effect of James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam) – summary here – on top-up child maintenance previously agreed in Sch 1 proceedings. A long-running case, in which there is are previous reported judgments at [2016] EWHC 1964 (as MG v FG)

AB v CD [2022] EWFC 198

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/198.html HHJ Shelton. Hearing on 14–15 July 2022. Cross-applications to vary global periodical payment order for a child aged 19 who is severely disabled and a spousal maintenance order. Second of three published judgments. Link to previous judgment Link

AB v CD [2023] EWFC 103

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/103.html HHJ Shelton. Hearing on 10 February 2023. Cross-applications to vary global periodical payment order for a child aged 19 who is severely disabled and a spousal maintenance order. Third of three published judgments. Link to previous judgments: * AB v

AB v CD [2022] EWFC 197

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/197.html HHJ Shelton. Cross applications to vary a global periodical payment order for a child aged 19 who is severely disabled and a spousal maintenance. The global order at the time of this judgment was £1,250pcm (£1,249 child

James v Seymour: The Calculator

James v Seymour: The Calculator

As helpfully summarised by Calum Smith on the FRJ website Mostyn J’s judgment in James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam) 675 included a renewed attempt to tackle how Child Maintenance should be calculated, effectively refining the methodology first set out in CB v KB [2019] EWFC 78. In

Child Maintenance Top-Ups – an Update Following James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)

Child Maintenance Top-Ups – an Update Following James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/844.html Introduction The quantum of child maintenance is an area of considerable contention, particularly in the context that there are now around 629,000 taxpayers earning more than £150,000. This is a 2.3 times increase since the statutory