Child benefit - stepfamily, new child

nannytone_2

benniebert wrote: »

How many parents are there? It seems some want to claim, others don't. It's confusing! As you say it probably isn't relevant anyhow.

you are the only one confused.
obviously all children have 2 parents but it the scenario the OP is asking about there are a same sex couple who both have their own birth children.
as a couple they need to claim child benefit.
its no different from a married couple claiming for their children, or a couple who have children from a previous relationship/s claiming.
what are you struggling to understand?

benniebert

nannytone wrote: »

you are the only one confused.
obviously all children have 2 parents but it the scenario the OP is asking about there are a same sex couple who both have their own birth children.
as a couple they need to claim child benefit.
its no different from a married couple claiming for their children, or a couple who have children from a previous relationship/s claiming.
what are you struggling to understand?

I've now had a child and need to add the baby to the child benefit claim......like when I wanted to register the birth and she kept going on about me bringing the father...


Hello, I would have walked away from this had you not posted. I may be completely thick but the confusion in mind arises from what the poster said above.
I can see that - two women in a civil partnership. The first is the mother of 3 children from a previous relationship.
The second woman has just had her first child.
This latest child is registered as having a mother and a father (the two women)
I'm OK with it so far.
The second woman (with the newborn) wants to add her child to the benefit claim that the first woman is making, thus a combined claim for 4 children (3+1) and making it a joint claim.
Then this is the bit I don't get. The second woman then tried to register the birth of the newborn but the LA wanted the father to be there.


So the newborn child has three parents? The two women as shown on the birth certificate as parents (mother & father)? And the elusive male - the father who I presume is the birth father of the newborn. Where is he in all of this then? He by all accounts seems to be the second father?


Told you I'm confused. I must have it wrong somewhere as it doesn't make any sense. No child can have more than two parents and it requires a male and a female to make a baby.


However this can change with adoption, but no mention of this having taken place is mentioned anywhere. And if there was no adoption, and there is this third parent ( male, father) but he doesn't feature on the birth certificate, would the child have a claim on the estate of this male when he dies? I have always believed that a birth certificate has to be a true record of parentage - to enable the child in the future to be able to trace back his/her family roots, his/her family heritage.


I know who my father and mother are, they are shown on my birth certificate and through that I am then able to trace back over 400 years of my family line using little more than birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates etc.

FBaby

Isn't the question: Can mother A claim for the three children on the basis of the eldest claiming the highest rate, the two the lower, and mother B claims for baby 4, but accepting that would be on the lower rate because of them being a family?

sheramber

FBaby wrote: »

Isn't the question: Can mother A claim for the three children on the basis of the eldest claiming the highest rate, the two the lower, and mother B claims for baby 4, but accepting that would be on the lower rate because of them being a family?

That is correct, although the reason seems to be for NIC credit.

If mother A is working and doesn't need the credit she can agree to mother B being the claimant and then she will get the credit.

But only one mother can claim for all the children of the family.

benniebert

blondebubbles wrote: »

The child can find this out when they reach 18.

Hello, I do hope so. Every child has a right to know who their true biological parents are. 18 is far to old in my opinion to have to wait. As you say I have detracted from the original question.