Covid restriction rules

[5413sandy]

I’m a little confused and hope to get some advice! I’m a single adult family and have created a bubble with my boyfriend. He stays overnight with me and my two children. As I was a secret from his family, I haven’t spent huge amounts of time with his kids although under Covid rules I Understand I could spend time at his house with his kids. He cares for 4 children and has them three nights a week. I have been seeing his children more often and as it’s his daughters 18th on Sunday we have arranged to meet up for a little party on Saturday afternoon. This made me think about our situation... once she turns 18, am I correct in thinking she should decide on one place of residence and won’t be able to travel between her mother and fathers households? My boyfriend relies on her for childcare at times when he works or needs to go to the shops and she wants to see both mum and dad. How can the restrictions for her literally change overnight because she becomes an adult?! Also this may then could also have implications on the child maintenance as she would be be residing in just one household. Through talking to her she states she has made a bubble with her boyfriend who is In a single adult household but this can’t be right either?! She’s technically not an adult yet so can’t make her own support bubble and post 18 then this would be her mother’s household bubble should she decide to reside with her? Her mother also has a support bubble with her boyfriend... what is going on and what is right?! It’s all so complicated! Does anyone know?

You've posted this in the past I think, and got advice then iirc.

Do you still not feel sure?

My understanding would be that technically once she turns 18, she is not a ‘child’ moving between bubbles so she ‘should’ choose either her mother’s or her father’s or her boyfriend’s household to live in. That household then has two adults so nobody from that household can bubble with another, except if she is providing childcare, in which case a childcare bubble is allowed.

It would be possible for you (or mum’s boyfriend) to move into the household where there are two adults so you are all one household with three adults.

This was my first post on mumsnet... has someone else asked a similar question? I’d be interested to find it but am finding navigating around this website quite tricky. Any suggestions?

Thanks freddiethegreat, thats reaally useful.

I do apologise OP!!

I realise now that I read it maybe a couple of times when you posted last week, but felt I didn't have time to respond properly. Then in my head it must have got mixed up with one or other of the many Covid/bubble/teens etc questions around at the moment, which had lots of replies!

I am sorry.

I did see an extract from the legislation about bubbles last night and you're counted as a single adult household if you have children who were under 18 on something like 12 June 2020, so it doesn't change when those young people turn 18 apparently.

But there are many more aspects to your question which I personally don't know about. Of course the general principle and aim is to cut the number of contacts between households as much as possible, so....