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Various divorce orders and/or settlement agreement and/or maintenance orders stipulates the following

Both parents are liable to and have a duty to contribute towards the maintenance of a child.

When a married couple makes the decision to divorce and there are minor children born from such a marriage relationship an order will be made as to who is the primary caregiver of the minor children and which parent will have a right to contact with the minor children.

There is a common misperception that when one parent does not pay maintenance for a minor child the other parent may withhold contact between the minor child and the parent who has an obligation to pay maintenance.