The moral and legal basis for child support
The child maintenance obligation and the poor law
The child maintenance obligation in private law
The child maintenance obligation in the post-war period
The Child Support Act 1991 and the agency's troubled early years
Child support : the international perspective
Private ordering, child maintenance and the courts
The personal and territorial scope of the Child Support Act 1991
Applying for child support
The child support formula
Income and the formula
Variations on the formula
Complaints, reviews and appeals
Collection, arrears and enforcement
Conclusion : Child support compliance and reform.