The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Division

On 1 April 2008 the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Division replaced the Northern Ireland Child Support Agency. Our role continues to be to make sure that parents who live apart from their children contribute financially to their upkeep by paying child maintenance.

We provide an impartial Information and Support Service to help parents make informed choices about child maintenance and offer practical information in areas linked to child maintenance; and

We provide a Statutory Maintenance Service to set up, arrange or collect child support maintenance for children whose parents live apart, an objective shared with the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission in Great Britain. You can also claim child maintenance online.

The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Division has launched a multi media campaign aimed at increasing the number of parents who pay the required amount of child maintenance for their children.  The campaign targets those parents who are failing to meet in full their financial responsibility towards their children.