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Apply in writing

  • Print, fill in and post. These forms have to be printed, filled in by hand and then posted to us
  • Complete online, print and post. These forms can be filled in on the screen before you print and post them. To protect your security, you cannot save the form after you have started to complete it.

Whichever version of the application form you use, it must be:

  • printed
  • signed by the applicant
  • returned by post to:

Child Support Agency Centre
Ashdown House
Sedlescombe Road North
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN37 7NL.

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Print, fill in and post

Open the form by clicking on a link below, print the form, complete it by hand and post it to the address above.

If you are the parent with care and would like to apply for child maintenance then please use this form.
Application for child maintenancePDF (PDF: 79Kb)

If you are the non-resident parent and the parent with care has already applied to us for maintenance, please use this form.
Child maintenance enquiry PDF (PDF: 79Kb)

Use this form if you are a child in Scotland and would like to apply for maintenance to be calculated.
Application for child maintenance PDF (PDF: 37Kb)

If you are the non-resident parent and want to apply and the parent with care has not already applied then please use this form.
Application to pay child maintenance PDF (PDF: 37Kb)

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Complete online, print and post

Open the form by clicking on a link below, complete online, print the form and post it to the address above.

If you are the parent with care and would like to apply for child maintenance then please use this form.
Application for child maintenance PDF (PDF: 822Kb)

If you are the non-resident parent and the parent with care has already applied to us, please use this form.
Child maintenance enquiry PDF (PDF: 781Kb)

Use this form if you are a child in Scotland would like to apply for maintenance to be calculated.
Application for child maintenance PDF (PDF: 198Kb)

If you are the non-resident parent and want to apply and the parent with care has not already applied then please use this form.
Application to pay child maintenance PDF (PDF: 1.7Mb)

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