Bill entitled an Act to provide for the administrative assessment, by the Revenue Commissioners, of liabilities of certain persons to pay periodic maintenance in respect of a child; to provide for a standard methodology for making such an assessment; to provide for the enforceability of such assessments in certain circumstances; to empower the Revenue Commissioners to depart from a standard methodology for making an assessment of child maintenance in certain circumstances; to provide for updated assessments of child maintenance in certain circumstances; to prohibit, in the interests of the common good, the making of certain applications to court unless certain circumstances apply; to provide for appeals from certain determinations and decisions of the Revenue Commissioners; and to provide for related matters.
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Child Maintenance Bill 2026
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Child Maintenance Bill 2026: First Stage