Child benefit tribunal help

Indie_Kid

Meh. Whatever.

There's no way you'll get either CSA or child benefits for your children.

moodycow2

I do hope this never happens to you

moodycow2

sorry should have stated
ex £1000 a week(cb book)
im on jsa
50/50 shared care arrangement
can I get csa involved

shop-to-drop

moodycow2 wrote: »

I do hope this never happens to you

So this 'just happened' to you?

tomtontom

Are you here to rant or to get advice?

You need to go to mediation with your partner. The tribunal cannot help you because the CB has already been correctly assigned to the parent with (the majority of the) care.

bloolagoon

moodycow2 wrote: »

sorry should have stated
ex £1000 a week(cb book)
im on jsa
50/50 shared care arrangement
can I get csa involved

No - they are main carers. No reply is going to change your situation.

We pretty much all agree that morally your ex should give up benefits for 1 child but that between you and her.

Bigger question could be why workers are paying for children where 2 healthy adults work 2 days out of 14 between them.

iammumtoone

moodycow2 wrote: »

sorry should have stated
ex £1000 a week(cb book)
im on jsa
50/50 shared care arrangement
can I get csa involved

Yes you could you could claim csa off her and she could claim off you the person earning the most money would have to pay more. In this situation you would also be able to claim a share of benefits. HOWEVER you do not have 50/50 shared care, shared care is based on number of nights at each house ie 7 nights out of 14 one week with mother one week with father is how it normally works.

Number of nights giving tea is not considered. If you can't afford to feed your children on these days they need to be taken back to their mother to be fed this is what she gets extra benefits for.

I understand you want to see as much of your children as possible if you giving them tea then you are not taking them back until late so why can't you get a job that finishes at 5 pick the kids up from child care, still give them tea and spend the evening with them this is what most fathers (and mothers) do.

moodycow2

thanks for the advice
but I can not claim csa because I don't have cb book
this was just a scenario to prove to people that who ever has the cb book owns the children
so ex can earn 10,000 a week and I cant claim a thing


so if ex earns £500 a week gets cb and working tax credits and family tax
im employed but on minimum wage
ex can then get csa involved just to rub salt into the wounds


plain and simple
all im trying to do is make people aware of this situation.

iammumtoone

moodycow2 wrote: »

thanks for the advice
but I can not claim csa because I don't have cb book
this was just a scenario to prove to people that who ever has the cb book owns the children
so ex can earn 10,000 a week and I cant claim a thing


so if ex earns £500 a week gets cb and working tax credits and family tax
im employed but on minimum wage
ex can then get csa involved just to rub salt into the wounds


plain and simple
all im trying to do is make people aware of this situation.

I think you might have misunderstood my reply you could claim csa on the situation you described due to the 50/50 shared care, with 50/50 shared care you would also be entitled to half the child benefit but you don't have 50/50 shared care.

Yes she would be able to claim csa as she is the parent with care, you would get a reduction on how many nights you have the children over the course of the year but again this is nights not amount of meals given.

Housing_Benefit_Officer

Exclusions and priorities: More than one person entitled to Child Benefit.

Read this:-

http://www.revenuebenefits.org.uk/pdf/The_Child_Benefit_General_Regulations_2006_2006_No_223.pdf

this:-

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/cbtmanual/cbtm08030.htm

and this:-

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/cbtmanual/CBTM08050.htm

Your ex can surrender the priority for Child Benefit for one or both of your children,

She doesn't have to and you can't force her.

You can make a rival claim for child benefit and let HMRC decide.

It is odd the Court never decided this.

You do come across that you are using your children as nothing more than a benefits meal ticket.