Financial

Financial guidance for separated fathers managing support payments and personal finances. Articles explain maintenance calculations, housing options, CSA processes, and budgeting strategies.

A Guide to Child Maintenance Payments

How child maintenance payments work and what separated parents need to know about their obligations.

Buying Presents for Your Kids

How to avoid guilt-driven spending and gift-giving wars after divorce by focusing on what actually matters to your kids.

Child Maintenance Payments: An Overview

Work out fair child maintenance payments through agreement, mediation, solicitors or the Child Maintenance Service.

Child maintenance: What Am I Paying for?

Child maintenance is the money one parent pays to help cover everyday costs of raising their child after separation.

Coping Financially After a Separation

Work out your new budget after separation and cut costs where you can to manage on a single income.

Housing for Separated Fathers

Work through housing decisions after separation, from sorting out your current home to figuring out whether to rent or buy next.

How Child Maintenance Is Actually Calculated

Child maintenance is calculated as a percentage of your gross income, with rates varying by how many children you support and what you earn each week.

How Many Fathers Don't Pay Child Support?

About a third of parents fail to pay child support, with the Child Support Agency struggling to collect billions in unpaid maintenance.

Insurance and Investments for Children Following Separation

Set up life insurance and investment plans for your children after separation to protect their financial future.

Misuse of Maintenance Payments

Child maintenance payments go to the resident parent, but there's little you can do if you think your ex is misusing the money.

Working with the CSA on Support Payments

Contact the Child Support Agency if your income changes to get your payments recalculated based on your new circumstances.

Your Financial Future After Separation

Rebuild your finances after separation by budgeting carefully, saving what you can, and planning for the future on a single income.