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Child benefit

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Em4891 · 02/08/2019 18:08

Please any advice. My dd in this year decided to go and live with her father. I have informed the child benefit of this and surrendered it and told them he should be getting now.
My dd has told me that they are expecting me to pay for her uniform for the new term etc which I feel is extremely unfair as she now lives with them and they are getting her benefits .
Any advice x

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bionicnemonic · 02/08/2019 18:18

Do you mean child maintenance? The parent who the child does NOT live with (non resident parent NRP) generally has to pay maintenance to the resident parent

newmomof1 · 02/08/2019 18:20

Are you paying maintenance?

You are still her parent too and child benefit is £20 a week...

LaurieFairyCake · 02/08/2019 18:20

It should be covered by the maintenance you are paying ?

Spanglyprincess1 · 02/08/2019 18:22

Yeah it's from. The child. Benefit a d maintenence the nrp pays.
If your paying maintenance then no you don't need to as that covers these costs. However you might wnat to offer to. Pay 50% of the u inform as its your joint child

feathermucker · 02/08/2019 18:24

How much maintenance are you paying? Child benefit/Tax credits etc are entirely separate to maintenance.

SpideyMom · 02/08/2019 22:00

Are you paying maintenance? As your DD no longer lives with you you will be required to pay child maintenance to cover things that include uniform.

Child benefit is totally different.

I am a lone parent. My DS dad has chosen no contact with him. Maintenance gets paid as and when they choose by his employer and apparently CMS have no control over this. You will already know raising a child is very expensive. I have no additional help from the pittance I sometimes get. Hopefully you will want to pay towards your child no matter where she has chosen to live

3boysandabump · 02/08/2019 22:14

If you aren't paying him any maintenance I think buying uniform is the least you can do.

If you are paying maintenance I'd probably agree to go halves on the uniform

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