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The Child Support Agency deals with the financial support for a child where the child is under 16 or under 19 and in full-time secondary education.

Only non-resident parents can be required to pay child support through the Child Support Agency .

Child support is based on a percentage of the non-resident parent's net income as follows:

• One child 15 %
• Two children 20%
• Three or more children 25%

However, these figures will be modified if the non-resident parent has one or more other children living with him/her, or if the relevant child spends 52 or more nights per year with the non-resident parent.

The Courts have jurisdiction to make Orders for child maintenance in limited circumstances, for example, if one of the parents is not resident in England and Wales, for a step-child, for a child in tertiary education, or where there is a Child Support Agency calculation but the non-resident parent's net income is so high that it exceeds the CSA scale. The Court can also make Orders in respect of school fees.

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