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Maintenance of children whose parents are not married to each other All parents have a duty to maintain their children and rearing a child is expensive. It is a good idea to talk over how both parents can share in providing financially for their child -either through a voluntary maintenance agreement or through court proceedings.

Tax relief may be available on certain maintenance and child support payments. However, this is a complex area and the facts of each separate case would have to be examined.

This section focuses on the rights and processes of unmarried parents and provides resources for which to find further information relating to: guardianship, access and custody, registering a birth, establishing paternity, and children's maintenance. It also looks at the rights of unmarried fathers and answers a wide range of questions they may have.