Pregnant daughter can I get help?

suelees1

In other words daisy what all this means is you won't need to keep her. She's an adult and can claim the same benefits as any other whether in or out of work. I'd go along with what's been said about applying for support from the father.

oldhand

daisyloo wrote: »

He is not in a position to offer any support of any kind.

Hes legged it??

chris1973

He will be in a position at some time to support his child.

You reckon?. If the last 17 years' worth of young people we've had through the factory I work for, on work experience is anything to go by, then I doubt this will be the case. Often they fail to make it through the week, let alone 18 years.

Besides, if he can remain terminally unemployed, he can probably avoid having to pay anything towards the child, as no doubt there will be some European assigned do-gooder with a copious amount of cotton wool available to wrap him up in.

In comparison, if he realises that *IF* he gets a job, then he's going to be liable to pay a percentage of his wage towards his child for the forseeable future then what greater incentive is there for himr to remain unemployed for as long as possible. Its clear from the OP, that he has no interest in the child whatsoever, what makes you think he'll work to provide for its future?.

Teahfc

oldhand wrote: »

Hes legged it??

OP asked for advice, seek help from father was mentioned OP said not in a position to support.
It s irrelevant if he has 'legged it'or not and none of our business either.
The place is for help and advice not for nosey neighbours and Daily Mail types.

All useful info helps all other comments hopefully OP will brush off but not really necessary

narabanekeater

working the 24hours a week and if she keeps working as much as possible while pregnant she will get either MA or SMP as well

no-oneknowsme

To qualify for MA you only need to have been earning an average of £30 in employment before you go off on your maternity leave.

This is only relevant of course if the OP's Daughter does NOT qualify for SMP.

dealer_wins

Fees from an appearance on Jeremy Kyle might help, along with his advice (although that may be a bit late for us taxpayers)

no-oneknowsme

Is there any need for this kind of response ^^^^?

bestpud

chris1973 wrote: »

You reckon?. If the last 17 years' worth of young people we've had through the factory I work for, on work experience is anything to go by, then I doubt this will be the case. Often they fail to make it through the week, let alone 18 years.

Besides, if he can remain terminally unemployed, he can probably avoid having to pay anything towards the child, as no doubt there will be some European assigned do-gooder with a copious amount of cotton wool available to wrap him up in.

In comparison, if he realises that *IF* he gets a job, then he's going to be liable to pay a percentage of his wage towards his child for the forseeable future then what greater incentive is there for himr to remain unemployed for as long as possible. Its clear from the OP, that he has no interest in the child whatsoever, what makes you think he'll work to
provide for its future?.

He'd have to pay £5 a week from his benefits too, so it may be an incentive to work.

Further, assuming he is the same age, he will be in his late 30s before he is no longer eligible to pay child support. I doubt he'd refuse a job that long just to spite the mother of his child, but as I say, he still needs to support the child he's fathered anyway.