Victory for Veteran Battling Cancer as Judge Overturns Civil Service Decision to Seize Home

Published on January 12, 2024

A military veteran with cancer has been given an 11th-hour reprieve after a judge overturned a liability order from the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) which gave them power to seize and sell his home. Despite evidence from Mark Pryce, 62, that he could not work for the past two years since a cancer diagnosis in 2021, the CMS  continued to demand payments toward child maintenance at the same rate as before his illness. Following the pursuit of a liability order in December for the sale of Mr. Pryce’s house, the CMS planned on evicting the veteran on Wednesday. But on Tuesday at Bournemouth Courts of Justice, District Judge Lindsay Powell staved off the eviction by at least three months to help Mr. Pryce back on an affordable payment plan....