Parents should tell us if the non-resident parent's regular income changes, or there are any other changes to the information that we used to work out the amount of child maintenance that must be paid.
A non-resident parent should tell us if they:
- start or stop working for an employer
- start or stop being self-employed
- change jobs
- become unemployed, or
- start work after being unemployed.
If we have told a non-resident parent's employer to take child maintenance from their earnings through a deduction from earnings order, the non-resident parent must tell us if they change their employer.
A non-resident parent must also tell us:
- the name and address of their new employer, if they have one,
- the amount they expect to earn, and
- their payroll or employee number, if they have one.
It is a criminal offence if a non-resident parent does not tell us within one week of the date these changes start from.
Not all changes of circumstances will mean we need to change the amount of child maintenance that should be paid. We may not change the amount of child maintenance if the change to the non-resident parent's regular net weekly income is less than 5%.
You can find out how to contact us to tell us about the change to your circumstances here.
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