Child benefit

[Rich1981]

Hello, I have a son almost 8yo . Because he never wanted to stay with his mother I have him 9 out of 14 nights that is week 1-5nights ,week 2-4nights. Summer holiday and all school breaks he stays with me 6 nights out of 7 ,with her 1 ,or nothing depending on how long is the break. Short breaks like jubilee, all 11 days with me . Summer holiday,she takes him 1 night ( Monday only)
When he was born she claimed CB and all of it. It stayed that way until now. My question is if I can claim CB based on time I take care of him. We never been to court so no court orders. School has both addresses, but I don’t know who is main one. They call me for permission for all sorts of things like to put my sons picture on newsletters etc and other stuff. GP is registered at her address as it’s same one since his birth. He is not registered at any dentist yet .She doesn’t pay me child support, not that I want it but for people who might ask on here, I’m not even sure if person who receives child benefit would even be required to pay . I would like to hear from people who actually had experience with this thing or know for sure . The last thing I want to do is to make a claim and be rejected only because she took him to gp last year for five minutes and I haven’t. By the way this arrangement that we have is in place since two years now.

@IfIhearmumagaintoday I never tried CMS . I always thought that person with child benefit can’t be paying cms .

Apply for a counter claim for CB. Add in all the financial responsibilities you have for your dc. Give a schedule of when dc is with you. . My ds moved with me. Exh was still claiming. I got the CB moved over to me. GP and dentist were still at exh's address..

"We changed it" or you did??

I think we have our answer already . I reduced her contact with him since he was unhappy. I came to school and took him . Left her behind few times and she accepted it.

Why hasn’t your child seen a dentist? They should have being every 6 months since they first had teeth. He should be also having yearly eye tests.

You can't claim Child Benefit without completing the claim form so telling them your situation won't make any difference and they can't tell you what the outcome would be, they can only advise you send in the form for now.

When you complete the form there is a question that asks has anyone else claimed for this child. You put your ex's details in there & when they receive your claim they will trace the other party and suspend payments until they make further enquiries into who should receive the benefit. They will contact your ex to see if she wants to surrender Child Benefit & if she doesn't they will contact both parties for further information. No one will get payments during this time. They can't make a decision until they have followed the correct procedure and they can't just stop someone's benefit and give it to someone else.

Basically you need to get that Child Benefit claim form in. You also need to register your child at a dentist.

My partner did this. His ex had been merrily claiming it for about 3 years when the boy had been living with him full time since the split. Partner hadn't really thought about it. Really she owes him (or the son) that 3 years worth but he hasn't pursued it. He did make a claim, she didn't contest it and it switched to him. Pretty simple.