The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act will radically change the existing child support system by replacing the Child Support Agency with a new body, the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC).Child Maintenance and Enforcement: The New Law is a detailed account of the new legislation.This invaluable and authoritative guide offers practitioners advice on the law, practice and procedure under the new regime which includes simplifying how child maintenance is calculated, encouraging parents to make their own child maintenance arrangements and introducing tougher enforcement powers to collect arrears of child maintenance from parents who fail to pay. The book also contains the full text of the Act.CONTENTSThe background to and general principles of the ActHow child maintenance is calculatedSpecial cases: Revisions, variations and exceptionsProcedureVoluntary agreements and the role of the courtsDisputes as to parentageAppeals and judicial reviewCollection and enforcementTransitional provisions and miscellaneous matters*Price does not inc p&p. Mainland UK p&p will be £4.00, non-mainland UK and overseas orders incurring p&p will be charged at cost.