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<p>(a)The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not prioritise the collection of enforcement
charges over on-going maintenance and arrears. Only when all the money due to children,
along with any associated collection fees, has been collected, will the CMS collect
the remaining charges associated with the case, including enforcement charges. The
only exception would be where an enforcement charge forms part of a liability order,
which would be collected alongside the other debt associated with that order.</p><p>(b)The
system does have the Manual Allocation capability, which enables a caseworker to allocate
money received across any outstanding liability on a case</p><p> </p>
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