Help with child benefit

[Em4891]

Hi all,
My ex husband is trying to claim our daughters child benefit from me as she has gone to stay with him for a bit .

Legally I have residence of our daughter and was granted this in 2013 .

Now his girlfriend is telling me they are putting in a claim to get the child
Benefit as she is staying there.

I am absolutely fuming as she isn’t now living with him just staying there for a while.

Any advice? As the child benefits agency seem to think that as I have residence this will be paramount and only if he officially went to court and my daughter wanted to officially live with him then he could claim .

Many thanks

Why don't you transfer the money to him each month until she comes back to you?

Why don't you transfer the money to him each month until she comes back to you?

Sounds sensible until you know what is happening longer term.

How long is a 'bit'?

So you are claiming benefits for a child who is not actually living with you at the moment

Why don't you transfer the money to him each month until she comes back to you?

^^Also agree with this

'staying there for a while'

Without being more specific about the above phrase, I'm not sure any of us can give advice.

Is a while a few days? In which case I doubt they'd be trying to claim the child benefit.

Is a while a few weeks? Whereby it would probably be reasonable to do as others have suggested and transfer the appropriate amount of the benefit to him.

Is a while a few months? In which case definitely offer to transfer the money to him.

If it could be longer than a few months then not unreasonable for him to claim. You can claim it again when she comes back to live with you.

If you get found out claiming child benefit for a child that isn't living with you, that probably won't go down well for you.

How long is she staying there for? If she's staying for weeks/ months then I agree, transfer it over.