Single, pregnant. Some advice would be appreciated :)

poet123

There is such a thing as compassion. It would appear this lady has had a loss in her life and is trying to do the best she can, cut her some slack.

DX2

katiesmummy wrote: »

If you look back further in the thread I think you will find that the father is no longer with us.

I don't think that was what Arg was talking about.
Under the current rules any child support that a parent with care gets doesn't affect their benefits, so why should a NRP pay.....:silenced:

looby75

DX2 wrote: »

I don't think that was what Arg was talking about.
Under the current rules any child support that a parent with care gets doesn't affect their benefits, so why should a NRP pay.....:silenced:

because a lot of NRP actually want to help support their children and want them to have the best start in life as possible, even if they aren't in a relationship with the other parent anymore.

DX2

poet123 wrote: »

There is such a thing as compassion. It would appear this lady has had a loss in her life and is trying to do the best she can, cut her some slack.

However no one was aware of this until post #14, I'm pretty sure if people were aware of the situation in the opening post the responses would have been different.

DX2

looby75 wrote: »

because a lot of NRP actually want to help support their children and want them to have the best start in life as possible, even if they aren't in a relationship with the other parent anymore.

:rotfl::rotfl:Looby so if this was the case there would be no reason to have the child support agency.

looby75

DX2 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:Looby so if this was the case there would be no reason to have the child support agency.

I think that the horror stories of NRP trying to avoid paying a penny towards their child/rens up keep are probably on par with the horror stories about single mothers only getting pg to get a council house and benefits.

It does happen, but not as often as the media would have you believe

DX2

looby75 wrote: »

I think that the horror stories of NRP trying to avoid paying a penny towards their child/rens up keep are probably on par with the horror stories about single mothers only getting pg to get a council house and benefits.

It does happen, but not as often as the media would have you believe

I was speaking from personal experience

Princess_Coupon

This maybe available unclear if it is means tested

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Bereaved/DG_10018848

DX2

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

This maybe available unclear if it is means tested

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Bereaved/DG_10018848

I don't think the OP is eligible as she did say "partner" in one of her posts so I'm assuming they weren't married?