Child tax credit - boyfriend in parents house

[Lizzier43]

Hi,

I am a single parent living in my mums house and my boyfriend has moved in. We have no joint bills, no mortgage, no joint account and no joint rent as it is my mums house. He does not contribute to my childcare bills as we keep all of our money separate. Would I still have to make a joint claim for child tax credits just because he also lives under my mums roof?

Thanks

@BarbaraOfSeville I totally agree that upon moving in together and becoming a family unit that the boyfriend would then accept a responsibility, what I was questioning is the poster who said they should claim jointly becore livibg together, as people might see them as a couple.

So I am asking, at what point do you expect someone to take that responsibility? Surely whenmibing in together would be the logical answer? Or do you bring it up on the 3rd date, or after the first sex, what if you have been dating 6 months and he hasn't even net the kid, is he supposed to support it still?