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Separated parents: how can one receive child tax credits while the other receives child benefit?

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  • ZaSa1418
    ZaSa1418 Posts: 651 Forumite
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    calcotti said:
    ZaSa1418 said: The parent receiving child benefit is seen as the main carer in many places, schools included. 
    ' In all cases we expect that the adult with whom the child is ‘ordinarily resident’ receives the child benefit for the child ' this line is in a lot of the application forms/ booklets for school applications.
    But is not necessarily true!
    I agree, when there are disputes its an easy default to go to.
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