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Hi Jacks
Thank you for your post, I am William the Child Maintenance Options consultant. I understand that you would like to know what courses are classed as further education.
Under the child support legislation, regular child maintenance payments must be made until a child is 16 years old, or 20 if they are in full-time, non-advanced education (A-level or equivalent), or for as long as Child Benefit is being paid.
Education must be full-time (more than an average of 12 hours’ supervised study a week during term time) and ‘non-advanced’. This includes:
GCSEs
A levels
iGCSEs
Pre-U
International Baccalaureate
NVQ/SVQ level 1, 2 or 3
BTEC National Diploma, National Certificate and First Diploma
SCE higher grade or similarIt does not include ‘advanced’ education, eg:
A degree
Diploma of Higher Education
NVQ level 4 or above
BTEC Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Teacher trainingFor more information about the ways that child maintenance can be set up and access to useful tools and forms online you can visit http://www.cmoptions.org, or if you would prefer a confidential chat you could call the Child Maintenance Options team on 0800 988 0988 (free from a landline).
William
My son is 18 in March 2014 and is in full time education until sept 2015 - when do I stop paying maintenance? If he gets an apprenticeship will I still need to pay? If he gets an apprenticeship with a day release to college will I need to pay?If he gets a part time job as well as his education do I still need to pay? Just like to know the situation as he keeps changing his plans about what he wants to do. Many thanks in advance.
Hi,
My daughter left home to live with her boyfriend and left collage last September. The boyfriend was short lived and a couple of months later she went back to live with my ex. The ex told my daughter that the only way she would allow her to come back is if she went back to collage so she could go back to claiming child support.
My case was closed in September and I heard today it was to be re-opened. So when exactly does it end? My daughter is 19, she will be 20 in October, I am not sure if she will finish in September or stay for another year. Obviously if she finished this September then that would be the end of my payments but if she continued would it stop exactly on her 20th birthday (in October), or does it continue until a certain point in the year?
Thank you for any help.
I looked the other day and I assume it ends on the date of the 20th birthday
Child maintenence ends when the child reaches 20 or until Child Benefit stops, whichever is sooner.
Doesn't specify a date as such
Thanks, the reason I was asking is because if a child (at 16 or 17) leaves school at Easter or July then payments continue until September. I was wondering if that was the case for a 20 year old as well?
http://www.dad.info/forum/child-maintenance/37659-when-to-stop-paying
This might be helpful
My daughter is 19 in March 2014 and is hoping to start University in September 2014. Will I continue to make payments until she is 20 in March 2015 or stop in September when she goes to University?
Payments via the CSA wouldn't be payable when she went to university as it's classed as higher education
So September you will need to inform the CSA
hi all
im new to this site and after some info my daughter is 18 next week and not working and has left school does anyone know when I stop paying csa as I cant get me head around all the new changes any help would be great
thanks
Payments can continue until a child is 20 as long as they are in full time, non advanced education.
If your daughter has left school, is not in college or doing any BTEC courses then your liability to pay maintenance should stop.
If the mother is still claiming child benefit for her and you pay maintenance through the CSA then you might have a problem stopping the CSA from continuing to take payments.
My daughter is 17, she left college August 2013 and then left her mums December 2013. She is claiming income support. When do I stop paying CSA, as I have been told I have to pay till she is 18 or they will set the enforcement team on to me. My ex has not declared any of this, where do I stand???
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