Wikeley, Nicholas

Child support : law and policy / Nick Wikeley - Oxford : Hart, 2006 - lxxxvi, 525 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

The moral and legal basis for child support -- The child maintenance obligation and the poor law -- The child maintenance obligation in private law -- The child maintenance obligation in the post-war period -- The Child Support Act 1991 and the agency's troubled early years -- Child support : the international perspective -- Private ordering, child maintenance and the courts -- The personal and territorial scope of the Child Support Act 1991 -- Applying for child support -- The child support formula -- Income and the formula -- Variations on the formula -- Complaints, reviews and appeals -- Collection, arrears and enforcement -- Conclusion : Child support compliance and reform.

9781841135328 (pbk.) 1841135321 (pbk.) RM247.45

013495217 Uk


Child support--Law and legislation--United Kingdom
Child support--Government policy--United Kingdom