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Bereavement support for children
Shaan96
Posts: 1 Newbie
Hi,
Sadly we lost our mother suddenly 2 years ago and it’s me supporting my younger sibling who is 16 and my old brother with a disability. I’m only 26 myself and financially it’s a lot as you can imagine. My older brother has got disability allowance and we are claiming child tax credit but is there any more support out there. Sadly it seems like we won’t qualify for the new bereavement ruling where un-married, co-habiting partners are eligible for backdated support. Although great news for many, we seem to fall into loop hole as they said we wouldn’t be eligible to claim for our mothers state pension either.
@MSE team are you able to shed some light on this for people who are this hurdle.
Thanks
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How old is your old brother?
Are the two brothers living with you.
Who are you getting the CTC for?
The bereavement benefits was only ever payable to partners, not to children.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0 -
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