Pay a maintenance order online

Use this service to pay a maintenance order online.

You need:

  • a debit or credit card
  • your account number - this is 8 numbers followed by a letter (you can find this on any letter you get from the court)

You cannot use this service if any of the following apply:

  • your order was registered in Scotland or Northern Ireland
  • you’ve been ordered by the court to pay the other party directly
  • your case is being handled by the Child Maintenance Service or Child Support Agency (CSA)

You can use this service to pay a maintenance order that was registered by a court in England or Wales, even if you live in another country.

This service is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

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Your payment must be received on or before the date specified.

If you’ve lost your account number

Contact the Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre (MEBC) if you’ve lost your account number.

There is now only one MEBC for the whole of England and Wales. MEBC Wales and MEBC London are closed.

England and Wales

Bury St Edmunds Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre
Triton House
St Andrews Street North
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1TR

[email protected]

Other ways to pay

You can pay your maintenance order by telephone using a debit or credit card.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service payment service
Telephone: 0300 790 9901 (English)
Telephone: 0300 790 9980 (Welsh)
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Find out about call charges

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