Hi all, this is a bit premature but I'm the sort of person who has to ask when I think of the question.
I am pregnant with my first. DSD lives with us already and dp claims child benefit for her in his name.
What will/ can happen when our baby is born? I really want to be the one claiming the cb for my child (lots of reasons including how it is proof you are a resident parent), or at least have a joint claim- or will they just add the baby to his claim for DSD.
I don't want to try and fiddle things, and get the first child amount for both of them as, as far as I am aware, you only get £21 for the oldest child living in your home, and get £13? for subsequent children. But I do want to be named on it.
Can we even have separate claims and get the correct amounts for each child without them thinking we are trying to fiddle it?