Shared parenting and child disability payment

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Hello

My husband and I will be separating soon

we have 2 children a 16 year old with severe disabilities who receives highest rate disability and we have a motability car for him

also have a 12 year old daughter also has a disability but is on low rate disability benefit.

The plan when we separate is for children to spend half there time with each of us so probably likely be 4 nights with me and 3 nights with dad.

Although I will most likely still do school drop offs and pick up to enable my husband to work full time ( I work part time)

my question is how does this affect the children’s disability benefit? I currently receive the benefits for both children and I’m the main driver of the motability car.

does this mean I will only receive half the benefit if they are with me half of the time?

Also will I get to keep the motability car?

anyone been in this situation and know what happens?

thanks

Can the car go with him, so he would have the benefit of it, whichever house he is at?

Really the car should be with whoever is with DS and where he needs to get to on a daily basis.

same with £ when used for both children would need to go for what they need where they are. So if your exh needs to make adjustments for the kids in his new living space it would come from this.

yes the car is not yours but your child's so it should go back and forth.

Only one parent can claim and you'd be expected to work out between yourselves who gets what

The benefit can only be paid to one person, the car should only be used for the benefit of the disabled person, so if you're doing all the drop offs/pick ups, it can stay with you.

You'd need to check with Motability about other uses of the car if the person who was awarded the car is not actually at your property and not therefore directly benefiting from its use (however if you're using it to get to work and its your only vehicle, one could argue a child definitely benefits from a working parent!).

You will need to work out between yourselves who pays for what, and how that is funded - typically the person getting the disability benefits would be the person then providing whatever extras that pays for.

What you're describing ISN'T 50/50 shared care. It's you as main carer & dad having 3 sleepovers. 50/50 shared care means he does everything on his days: he meets every expense, he does every appointment & drop off, you are not involved or expected to contribute in any way. You, as main carer, keep the car & money. He can borrow the car if he needs it.

The car is for the child, so ideally should be with whoever has the child, so guess you can share the car. The benefit will only be paid to one parent, so up to you both to discuss how it will work. If you’re genuinely sharing custody maybe splitting it would work, but it’s not a genuine 50-50 if you are needing to work part time to do pick ups. As you are losing pay, and future pension etc by working part time then perhaps you should receive more of the benefit, or else your ex works part time too on the days he has the children.

Who is going to be buying the things the child needs? Clothes, equipment etc If you will be doing that and dc are sleeping at dads 3 nights then you should receive payment. Also you work part time and are facilitating school runs to enable your ex to work full time.

It's not 50/50 if you're having to facilitate his working pattern by working part time