Child Maintenance Claims For Unmarried Expat Parents

One common misconception by unmarried expats, is that you can only bring a financial claim in respect of a child if they live in the UK or if you are married to the other parent.

Where you are not married to your partner but have a child together there is a claim in the UK which you can bring under Schedule 1, Children Act 1989. This entitles you to ask the other parent to make payments for maintenance, school fees, lump sum or transfer of property. Usually, orders in respect of children are only available in the country in which they are habitually resident. This applies for example to orders for...