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<p>Where a liability order has been granted for the purposes of pursuing child maintenance
arrears, the paying parent is given a 21 day warning period in order to respond and
agree to pay.</p><p>If the warning period passes and no payment has been received
from the paying parent or a payment agreement has not been made, then registration
with a Credit Reference Agency will be considered. The decision is discretionary and
intended to act as a deterrent to those parents who may otherwise choose to evade
paying their maintenance.</p><p>The number of liability orders granted is reported
in our published statistics and can be on found table 11 of the tables document in
the attached link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-march-2019-experimental"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-march-2019-experimental</a></p>
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