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step children & finances
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missbiggles1 wrote: »Only crooks do this.
The whole system is iniquitous. Undergraduates are adults and should be treated as such by the state, whether in full time education, employment or something else, not made to go cap in hand to the bloke that lives with their mum for money to study with.
That said, I thought it was all student loans now.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230 -
Wouldn't it depend on whether the NRP of the step-child was still in the picture? If he was, then he should pay towards the cost of the child. But if I had a step child as well as my own child I would definitely not want to favour one above the other or be unfair in any way.left the forum due to trolling/other nonsense
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Bring up the children to commit fraud? Nice!
This whole site is geared towards taking advantage of legal loopholes to save money.
It is perfectly legal to register a child's address at the persons house which gives you the best financial assistance. It is not fraud, people aren't crooks and it's perfectly legal.
If you think it's fraud to say a kid lives with his mum and not his dad then you're basically a complete buffoon.0 -
onomatopoeia99 wrote: »The whole system is iniquitous. Undergraduates are adults and should be treated as such by the state, whether in full time education, employment or something else, not made to go cap in hand to the bloke that lives with their mum for money to study with.
That said, I thought it was all student loans now.
Student maintenance loans are partially assessed on parental income, just as grants used to be.0 -
This whole site is geared towards taking advantage of legal loopholes to save money.
It is perfectly legal to register a child's address at the persons house which gives you the best financial assistance. It is not fraud, people aren't crooks and it's perfectly legal.
If you think it's fraud to say a kid lives with his mum and not his dad then you're basically a complete buffoon.
No it isn't.0 -
missbiggles1 wrote: »No it isn't.
Yes it is.
Are you saying it's illegal for an 18 year old to say they live with their mum and not their dad?0 -
Didn't you say "university funding" was based on the student's home situation and excluded the income of the non-resident parent earlier?missbiggles1 wrote: »Student maintenance loans are partially assessed on parental income, just as grants used to be.
Or is that something different from student loans?Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230
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