Turned 18 - Thrown Out - What can be claimed?

xylophone

can reasonably be viewed as a positive action.

Would you care to elaborate? In my opinion, to cast a sixth former out of the family home and expect him to manage alone is poor parenting?

xylophone

Someone I know has turned 18 and as a result was basically asked to leave the family home. There is no logical reason behind this, but there is history with an older sibling treated the same. They are still at school and wish to continue their education and possibly go to Uni in September.

http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/advben/bnftsadvc/benguide/youngpeople/estrange/ any helpful information here?

Jobseeeker

rogerblack wrote: »

Making kids leave at 18 is - while harsh - can reasonably be viewed as a positive action.
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Not really. I can see you're in Scotland and here it wouldn't be an issue as the lad would be half way through first year University. But as he's (presumably) in England he's being penalised because his birthday falls in the Winter rather than the Summer.

sharnad

woodbine wrote: »

i hope if these "parents"have any other off spring under 18 that social services remove them asap,people like this dont deserve kids
and well done OP for trying to help

Maybe the children abused the parents, I think it's a little hares to say that these people don't deserve children. We don't know enough of the circumstances. We could offer advice on what can be done though

GwylimT

He will be able to claim income support, this will also enable him to claim housing benefit at a rate to reflect the cost of a bedroom in a shared property. If he speaks to his school he may also find that due to his circumstances he can receive free school meals.

Vectis

xylophone wrote: »

Would you care to elaborate? In my opinion, to cast a sixth former out of the family home and expect him to manage alone is poor parenting?

Without any background information at all, it's a bit difficult to say that surely?

xylophone

Without any background information at all, it's a bit difficult to say that surely?

Someone I know has turned 18 and as a result was basically asked to leave the family home. There is no logical reason behind this,

Post 1

It would appear that the child was permitted by the parents to embark upon sixth form studies - it would seem that the child is pursuing these studies with a view to going to University.

In my opinion it is therefore the parents' duty to support their child.

[Deleted User]

rogerblack wrote: »

Making kids leave at 18 is - while harsh - can reasonably be viewed as a positive action.

To suggest putting other children in care because of not doing something you have no legal obligation to do - continue to support them, with the state of childrens services as it is - is barking mad.

MAKING children leave at 18 as opposed to encouraging them is inhumane,if you dont have a legal obligation you have a moral one

rogerblack

woodbine wrote: »

MAKING children leave at 18 as opposed to encouraging them is inhumane,if you dont have a legal obligation you have a moral one

This is very different from 'the other children should be taken into care'.
If we took children into care because their parents were failing morally - well - for one thing the care system would be a hell of a lot larger.

zagubov

Jobseeeker wrote: »

Not really. I can see you're in Scotland and here it wouldn't be an issue as the lad would be half way through first year University. But as he's (presumably) in England he's being penalised because his birthday falls in the Winter rather than the Summer.

He'll be in England, NI or Wales as they have classes clalled Sixth Form, (as do IoM and the CIs). It's only Scotland that doesn't.