What is CMS Collect and Pay?

Collect and Pay is a service provided by the Child Maintenance Service to manage child maintenance payments between parents. The CMS calculates the amount of child maintenance, collects payments from the paying parent, and then pays the child maintenance to the receiving parent.

The benefits of Collect and Pay is that it allows parents to manage child maintenance without direct contact between themselves, and there are built-in enforcement mechanisms if child maintenance payments are missed.

The service charges additional fees for both parents.