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If you're already using the Child Support Agency
Changes you must tell the CSA about
If your circumstances change, tell the Child Support Agency (CSA) straight away. By law you must report certain changes, and some changes can affect your child maintenance payments
How the CSA works out child maintenance
Explains how much child maintenance would be payable with a CSA arrangement
Disagreements about parentage - what the CSA does
How the CSA deals with disagreements about parentage
Changes you need to tell the CSA about
Information about what changes can affect your child maintenance payments
If you disagree with a CSA decision
Explains what to do if you disagree with a decision the CSA has made
How to pay child maintenance through the CSA
Information about the different ways to pay child maintenance if you're using the CSA
Complaining about the service you receive from the CSA
Instructions on how to complain about the CSA
How the CSA deals with non-payment
What the CSA can do to make sure child maintenance is paid
How the CSA collects and uses information
Information about how the CSA handles your personal details
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Family-based arrangements
Did you know? You and the other parent can also arrange child maintenance without anyone else getting involved. Find out about family-based arrangements
