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dependent child - mortgage application

finbird
finbird Posts: 4 Newbie
edited 20 May 2016 at 4:51PM in Mortgages & endowments
Hi, I'm helping my ex with this info. He's buying a property alone and wants to get a mortgage. He lives alone.

Our child lives with me and my ex pays us monthly child support. Ex knows he needs to declare the child support he pays - on his mortgage application, but when asked on the application if he has a dependent child he doesn't have to say yes, am I correct? Since the child lives with me and there are no other children living with him? The child is my dependent (if I were to apply for a mortgage on my name), so no need for him to say he has a dependent, as long as he states the correct child support he pays?

Thanks!

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  • amnblog
    amnblog Posts: 12,762 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    You are correct. If he is paying maintenance, that is the limit of his exposure.
    I am a Mortgage Broker

    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Broker, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
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