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Benefit Advice Pregnant daughter
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chrisgrandma wrote: »this is a hard one as by law as the daughter will be still in college she is still classed as a dependant.and no all that maintanance would not count as everything woud be taken off her as you are only allowed to keep £10 a week maintanence when in receipt of benefits.
Child Maintenance is not taken into account for benefits purposes.0 -
yep i just found this out too lol however i did find this If you don't qualify for one of these benefits because you're under 16 or in education, a family member could claim a Sure Start Maternity Grant for you if they get a qualifying benefit.0
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Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »Yes it is disregarded in full. Big thaks to the previous Labour Government. One of the last things they did before being kicked out of office.
The last mob certainly did make having babies pay didn't they!!0
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