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<p>As an employer, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes its duties in recovering child
support maintenance very seriously. The MOD has a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
with the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to facilitate the direct deduction of child
maintenance payments from the pay of non-resident parents who are Service personnel.</p><p>Where
a parent asks the CMS to help obtain appropriate child support from a Service person,
the MOD will assist the CMS in engaging with the Service person and will implement
any Deduction from Earnings Request submitted by the CMS. This mechanism can also
be applied to Service pensions and civilian pay.</p><p>The only exception is when
the Service person is in an operational zone. Under the terms of the MOU, if a Service
person is committed to operations, their Commanding Officer may delay any engagement
with the CMS until the non-resident parent is in a position to consider any papers
that the CMS may send them and respond appropriately.</p><p> </p>
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