Parents of 16-year-old runaway bride who eloped with lover, 27, to Gretna Green are told to pay £3,600-a-year in CHILD SUPPORT after 'new husband demanded payment'

The parents of a teenage girl who went to Gretna Green to marry an older man were left stunned when they got a letter demanding they pay child maintenance for her.

Claire Milliner, 42, and Martin Chambers, 47, were shocked when their daughter, 16, ran off to Scotland to marry Thomas Arnold, 27, last December.

The pair met on an online dating app and travelled to Gretna Green where it is legal to get married at 16 without parental permission.

But her parents, of Cinderford, Gloucestershire, couldn't believe it when they received a letter from the Child Maintenance Service requesting they pay £3,634.84 a year towards their child's 'upkeep'.

They believe the request came from their son-in-law, who is a father himself.




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6991709/Gloucester-16-year-old-girl-went-Gretna-Green-marry-man-27.html

I've heard bridal dowries called all sorts ..... but "child support" isn't one of them.