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Family Law - The Child Support Agency i) Prior to the creation of the Child Support Agency (CSA), a high level of discretion was used in determining maintenance payments. The Courts applied each situation on a case by case basis. But this proved far from ideal, particularly when the non-resident parent (NRP) fell into arrears. In such situations it was often the case that a Court would write-off the arrears, rather than force the NRP to repay it, as the NRP could claim that he or she would be unable to make the payments and that it was too much of a burden on the NRP. The Government then introduced the 1990 White Paper, entitled "Children Come First", where the deficiencies of the Court-based system was highlighted. As a result, the Child Support Act 1991 was introduced to create a new method of assessing adequate maintenance payments for children and of enforcing such...

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