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CMS payments when child turns 18?
Looking for some advice from anyone that might have been in the same situation.I haven't seen my daughter for a number of years now who turns 19 this year I have been paying CSA/CMS ever since she was 2. I know she recently passed her A levels at college this year and is moving onto Uni next year. I have been given some…
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Child Maintenance while living off of Savings
Hi all, I don't have any children, and I am always careful, but I am curious to know how child maintenance would be worked out if someone was living off of their ISA savings and not working? For example, someone who has retired early and has just enough money to get them to an age where they can access their pension? This…
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CMS- No Annual Renewal Yet?
Hello Posting on behalf of my brother who is not happy to post his own posts but is happy to let me do so! My brother has a son who he does not see, his mother doesn’t allow it and no matter how hard he’s tried, the son has not wanted to see him either. Son was 18 last November. Brother and ex wife do not get on, he used…
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Childcare costs while on furlough
I am a working mum, I am currently furloughed, I have been furloughed since March, we have a childminder for my son and I have been paying for his childcare since lockdown and the childminder isn’t allowing him into the setting while I am furloughed, should I be paying for the fees or is there any way I can claim back any…
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Is Scotland different when child starts college.
Hi my daughter who has just turned 18 is due to start college soon. I have an agreement with my ex that an agreed sum should be paid monthly, this has been ongoing for 6 years and I have never missed a payment.My daughter works part time now also, I don’t know if this would affect my payments. I don’t want CSA involved and…
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600hours AND tax free childcare??
Hi We are in Scotland and our daughter will soon turn 3 and be eligible for the current 600 hours free childcare (was meant to be going to 1140 hours in August but delayed due to Covid). However she attends nursery full time so we will still have to pay the unfunded hours. Currently we pay her nursery via HMRC Tax Free…
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Child care curiosity
Hi, this is a general question, not really my situation, what a woman is supposed to receive with a babe? I mean, she doesnt' have any income, so I suppose the government sends money for the rent, bills, food (for both) and other things. But looking online, I don't find anything as such, does someone know anything about it?
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Child Maintenance Question
I have recently split up with my partner of almost 10 years. We have 2 children together. Ages 6 and 4. I understand and I'm perfectly willing to contribute towards the costs and I'm just using the child maintenance calculator as a ball part figure. My ex partner has sole use of the car, that I still pay for, and that I…
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Child Benefit Question - 3 children.
Hey, I wondered if you could help me. I have tried looking on various websites, including gov.uk but I can’t seem to find a definite answer (although, I may just be being a little thick lol). My wife and I are expecting our first child together (yay!) and she already has two wonderful children who live with us (7 and 11).…
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Newborn
My daughter has just had a baby but cannot register him yet, how will she be able to claim child benefit
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Full time student - is it true I have to pay MORE for childcare when I'm not earning anything??
I'm about to begin a one year non-salaried PGCE as a mature student (aged 41). We have a two year old who will be eligible for free childcare in January 2021. Student finance have said I can't get any childcare support as my husband's earnings are over the bracket (he is by no means high-earner). I have worked my whole…
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Child Maintenance
Hi everyone, to give you a bit of back story I split with my ex in January 2020. The house we were renting together is £450 a month and with me being 22, and my ex being 23 we needed a guarantor so my parents opted to help out however the year contract on the tenancy ends in December 2020. My ex gets the full £450 a month…
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Tax Free Childcare eligibility if partner now a full time student with bursary
Can anyone confirm if my family will still be entitled to Tax Free Childcare if I am working, but my previously full time working husband is now a full time student for 1 year in receipt of a monthly bursary whilst he retrains? I can't find clear guidance from the Government on this. My husband is employed by the company…
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Au Pair & Tax Free Childcare
I am thinking of getting an Au Pair. Can I set her up / she set herself up, so I can pay her through my Tax Free Childcare account? I am a full-time working, single parent and desperately need the childcare flexibility an Au Pair can bring but, financially, a 20% discount would be a lifesaver. If this is possible, How…
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CSA and second casual job
I’ve been paying £350 consistently for almost 4 years And never once missed a payment. I even had to take a second job to survive and I’ve previously worked with step change to arrange my financial hardship. My oldest daughter is almost 19 and no longer in college and I helped her set up universal credit (her entitlement)…
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Claim declined for Jobseekers Allowance
I have been made redundant and tried to claim contribution based JSA. I have received a letter stating I have not paid or been credited with enough class 1 National Insurance contributions. My national Insurance record shows that I have 36 years of full contributions. I have had no breaks. I don’t understand why the claim…
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Are CMS Annual Reviews being processed currently?
Is anyone aware of what the current situation is with the CMS please? The reason I ask is in normal times (!!) they have commenced, and sent a letter, the process of annual review leading up to our end of August final decision date. I have been online, there are no pending messages currently, and no letter on its way. Have…
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Extra payments
Hello all, I pay regular child maintenance payments to my ex for my 11yo daughter. She is moving up to secondary school. My ex is now asking me for half of the money she spent on my daughters back to school clothes etc. This would be outside of the child maintenance payments. Is this allowed? If I pay child maintenance at…
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Maintenance payer made redundant
I can’t find anywhere that will help with this and CMO won’t take a call. My ex has told me he has been made redundant so will pay me for the next 3 months whilst on garden leave but then will stop paying unless he has a new job. Can he do that and does his redundancy money not come into play? He also lives with his…
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Child maintenance at 19 help
Hi just a bit confused wondering if anyone can help my husband pays for his son each month and we have since he was 2 he is now 19 ( April this year) and he finishes college this month he is considering going back in September as he wants to do his level 3. He has done 3 years at college year 1 was maths and English as he…
