17 year old left home

[Clairebear1234]

My daughter is 17 and has left home, her choice.
I haven't kicked her out and she'll always have a home with me.
She has her own flat which I think is social housing as she won't tell me where and has a support worker.
Will I have to pay child maintenance to her?
Thanks

If she is still at school you and her father are liable for CM until she leaves, it should be paid to her guardian. Do you know who that is? It might be the person who co-signed the tenancy agreement. I doubt you'll get asked though.

When was parental responsibility removed?

She's at college and as far as I know parental responsibility hasn't been removed.

I left home at 17 to live with my then boyfriend.

I loved it and was so happy. Home was fine but I just wanted to get on with being a grown up and playing house.

No regrets here and relationship with parents was good.

Some people just need their own space sooner rather than later 🤷‍♀️

How has she got a flat and a support worker without you knowing about it, or where she lives? What's been going on with her that she needs a support worker?

Regarding the child benefit, if you don't want to give it to her, then put into a savings account. Then you can give it to her at some later point.

I was living independently at 17 (in a hostel for homeless teens) and I know someone else who was housed independently at 16 but had a support worker.

Neither of us received child maintenance but were able to claim some benefits in our own right.

However these circumstances were extreme and we had no family to turn too. I find it odd that you have no idea how your daughter is under the care of a support worker.

She has got a flat and support worker without me knowing by not telling me.
Nothing serious has happened, she just doesn't like rules and abiding by them.
She has been very secretive and think she knows it all.

Social services would have been in touch with you though if she was saying there were problems at home requiring her to leave.

Don't need to pay child maintence.

I find it very odd nobodies been in contact about her moving out or having a support worker. Very strange?

Yeah support worker hasn't been in contact at all, I know where she's living but she doesn't know I know.

She can't dislike rules too much if she's prepared to organise and move into a flat on her own.

I find it unbelievable that Social Services would not have contacted you at all, concerning your under-18 year old and her housing situation.

She doesn't like my rules, like teenagers don't always like parents rules.
I've had no contact with Social Services