<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">During a divorce, one parent will usually be liable to pay child maintenance to the other, separate from any spousal maintenance which may also be payable.</p>

<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">In an article for The Financial Times, Anna Stanworth, discusses that in most cases and where parents and children live in the UK, the CMS will have the jurisdiction to determine the level of child maintenance. The CMS calculation is straightforward and depends primarily on the parent's income, the number if children and how many nights per week the children stay with them.</p>