Child benefit help

[Nohopeforme91]

Really could do with some advice on this. I co parent with my ex husband. We have two children together. The child benefit used to go into my account and when we separated I transferred it over to him as he was up for renewing his mortgage. He transfers me the full CB every month.I've since gone on to a new relationship, (5 years) and we have a one year old together. But I still haven't put in a child benefit claim. I'm not sure what to do. If I put in a new claim but then I'll recieve the highest amount for her...or if he can transfer the claim back to my account and i set up a new one which can take a while. Or is there just a way he can simply just transfer the payments over to me. Thank you

If you were going to claim for the existing children then he should contact the CB office to say he wants to stop his claim and then you'd make your own claim for all the children. Or he continues to claim for them and you do your own claim for your new child.

Change who gets Child Benefit

Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child. Contact the Child Benefit Office if you want someone else to claim Child Benefit.

1. Explain you want to stop getting Child Benefit.
2. Explain who you want to get Child Benefit instead.
3. Tell the other person to make a new claim.
4. If you change your mind later, you’ll need to make a new claim yourself.

What if your dp just claimed for his single child?

Then whatever arrangement you and your ex have is separate to that.

If OP isn't working/is on a low wage just now its in her best interest to be the claimant as it protects her NI credits towards her pension.