Please can someone tell me about this:
A 16 year old moved out of home and into family X's house during the summer holidays, with the intention of going to 6th Form College in September. Family X have a lot of people living in their small house including a 21 year old son. The 16 year old is now engaged to the 21 year old son of family X and is cohabitating with him. They share a bedroom within family X's house.
Who would be financially responsible for the 16 year old? Her parents still, despite that she's moved out to live independently of her own family? Is she officially an adult in terms of financial need, can she claim housing benefit/living expenses from the DWP over the summer holidays in order to provide for herself and to pay rent to family X?
Or is it the family she's moved in with who are financially responsible for her just as their parents would be if she had remained living at home? Or is she now the financial responsibility of the man she's engaged to and living with within family X's house in the eyes of the law, DWP and housing benefits departments?
TIA.
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ItsTooBad · 06/08/2011 09:56
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