stepdaughter moving in ?

The_shuffs

Hi all my s/daughter will be moving in with myself her dad and my 2 daughters at the moment my OH pays the csa every month will his daughter moving in make any change in his payments he also has another daughter who will be remaining at home with her mum hope this makes sence Rachael xx

TotallyBroke

Yes it will. He will need to get the child benefit and tax credits for daughter A paid to him then he can inform the CSA about the change and he will stop paying for the daughter A. He will still need to pay something for daughter B.

Donedoingdebt

Once the move has been made official & your OH receives child benefit for his Daughter, he should put in a claim to the CSA against her Mum for child maintenance payments.
The CSA is just too bureaucratic/incompetent to be able to adjust the current case to fairly reflect the new circumstances.
Yes, this is a long winded, roundabout way of doing things, but I believe it's the only way your OH will be treated fairly.
The best way would be for your OH & his ex to get together to discuss the situation & come up with an amicable private arrangement & ditch the CSA completely.

Caz3121

we had this recently as OHs son was going to move in with us. Ex went from saying for the past years that "£500 maintenance is not enough to keep 2 children" to "I have done my sums and will lose £600 per month with tax credits and maintenance so cannot afford for him to move out"
We would have got CB but no tax credits (combined income too high) and ex would not have even thought that she should make any contribution.
Anyway, dear soul has decided that rather than see his mum have to downsize to a grotty flat and live in poverty he would stay with her so declined his college place near us.

PlayingHardball

Caz3121 wrote: »

we had this recently as OHs son was going to move in with us. Ex went from saying for the past years that "£500 maintenance is not enough to keep 2 children" to "I have done my sums and will lose £600 per month with tax credits and maintenance so cannot afford for him to move out"
We would have got CB but no tax credits (combined income too high) and ex would not have even thought that she should make any contribution.
Anyway, dear soul has decided that rather than see his mum have to downsize to a grotty flat and live in poverty he would stay with her so declined his college place near us.

Hiya, just curious, but why is mum collecting tax credits with a college aged child, can she not work? Shock horror when she is no longer eligible, and doesn't get child support.

Best of luck to your OH son, hopefully he will eventually get to college, one of his choice (without being held back by guilt)

Caz3121

PlayingHardball wrote: »

Hiya, just curious, but why is mum collecting tax credits with a college aged child, can she not work? Shock horror when she is no longer eligible, and doesn't get child support.

Best of luck to your OH son, hopefully he will eventually get to college, one of his choice (without being held back by guilt)

Son is 16 so college is equivalent of 6th form so CB and tax credits still payable. Ex works part time (only since youngest turned 12 and benefits rules changed) receives £9k in CB/CTC so will indeed be a shock when both tax credits and maintenance cease. Think she is preparing for that as after thinking about the downsizing for 2 weeks, she moved the latest boyfriend in instead. He has his own business so if declared her tax credits should all have stopped now
She is fine with him moving in with us when all her entitlement ends...

trevormax

Caz3121 wrote: »

Son is 16 so college is equivalent of 6th form so CB and tax credits still payable. Ex works part time (only since youngest turned 12 and benefits rules changed) receives £9k in CB/CTC so will indeed be a shock when both tax credits and maintenance cease. Think she is preparing for that as after thinking about the downsizing for 2 weeks, she moved the latest boyfriend in instead. He has his own business so if declared her tax credits should all have stopped now
She is fine with him moving in with us when all her entitlement ends...

Maybe she is planning to get preggers with the new boyf. She could then turf him out and carry on as normal.