csa

brooky1971

hi i have a son who is 17 years old and goes to collage for 10 hours a week and all so as a part time job doing 12 hours a week which he's be doing from april of this year and all so gets 30pound a week ema do i still need to pay csa for him.

shell_542

You would need to ring the CSA to clarify, but I believe they class full time education as 12 hours a week and over. But they also class a 16 and 17 yr old as qualifying for child support if not in full time education anymore, when they are still living at home and "not working". You would need to check with them if the part time job would mean your liability would stop.

Donedoingdebt

shell_542 wrote: »

But they also class a 16 and 17 yr old as qualifying for child support if not in full time education anymore, when they are still living at home and "not working".

When did that happen?

I thought they had to be in some form of education up to, but not including, advanced education to be eligible for child support.

shell_542

From their website ...

Child

For child maintenance purposes, a child is anyone under 16 or someone between 16 and 19 who:

• is not, nor has ever been, married or in a civil partnership, and
• is in full-time non-advanced education.

Also, anyone aged 16 or 17 who is not in education, is not working and does not receive employment-related benefits is defined as a child for child maintenance purposes.

shell_542

Im not 100% sure if they use those rules above though. There is conflicting information on their website (Never! I hear you say) saying if a child leaves full time education over 16 they are no longer eligible. But then they say the above also.