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My son turns 18 in June, and he may stay on at college another year.
I am wondering if I keep up my maintenance payments until he is 19 or do i stop payments this year?
There are many conflicting opinions out there!!
Thankyou. Lee
Hi
As of December last year, the age has now increased to 20. If he is in full time non-advanced education (ie, not university) then child benefit will be paid to your ex, and that means you are still liable for maintenance.
Hi Leed3198
Thank you for your post, I'm William the Child Maintenance Options consultant. If you have a family-based arrangement in place you may wish to discuss and negotiate with the other parent when your payments will stop. However, if you'd like to follow the guidlines set by the Child Support Agency's (CSA), they say that child maintenance must be paid by the paying parent to the receiving parent until the child turns 16 or until they reach 20 if they are in full-time education (not higher than A-level equivalent) or for as long as Child Benefit is being paid. To clarify you may wish to speak to the CSA directly, you can find contact details on https://www.gov.uk/child-support-agency.
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