[Solved] confused when to stop payments?

hi as I understand it you pay as long as your child is in full time education but not older then 21 and the full time education cant be higher education (above A level) inform the CSA about he changes of status of your daughter and they can advice you

also I think it's related to child allowance (child benefit ) if the mother is still claiming this then she can claim CSA so that's worth looking into

It is related to child benefit, which should stop once she stops full time education (which is defined as 12 or more hours supervised per week), if she finished college in March, then payments should stop around June, though it's possible that technically she might still be a student until the end of term (which is around July) - if that's the case, your payments would stop in September.

Hi Matts

Thank you for your post. I am William the Child Maintenance Options consultant. We are unable to comment on Child Support Agency (CSA) cases as we are a separate organisation and do not have access to your case information. However, I can provide some general information.

Under 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 and more than 12 hours a week of study), or for as long as Child Benefit is being paid. As actd as mentioned, when a child leaves full-time education in the summer, Child Benefit generally continues until the first week of September. You can find more information on when child maintenance stops on Gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/when-child-maintenance-payments-stop. You can also find more information on a parent’s eligibility to receive Child Benefit on the same site at https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/eligibility.

For further guidance about your case, you may wish to contact the CSA directly. You can find their contact details on any letters that you may have received, or by visiting Gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/child-maintenance/contact.

For more information on the ways to set up child maintenance, please visit our website at http://www.cmoptions.org. Alternatively, you can call us free on 0800 988 0988 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday or 9am and 4pm on a Saturday. We have a sorting out separation web-app that you may find useful. It offers help and support to separating and separated families. The link is: www.dad.info/divorce-and-separation/sorting-out-separation.

Regards

William

Thanks for all of your comments.

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Hi everyone, bit of an update here. I've been in regular contact with the CSA and Child Benefit people. I'm somewhat confused, the Child Benefit people are aware my daughter left collage back in March and she is working, though still maintain that Child Benefit is due to my ex, that in turn mean my CSA payment is still due.
My understanding is that now my daughter is out of education, Child Benefit shouldn't be due for payment?

Could anyone clarify please?

(The worst thing about this is my ex telling me she doesn't receive child benefit and I should pay her money equivalent to the maintanence payment to her for a car for my daughter!...the cheek of it!)

If your daughter has left education then you shouldn't be liable for maintenance. I would talk to the CSA about this, if the mother is still claiming child benefit though you will have difficulty getting the CSA to agree that your payments should stop.

Good luck.

Thanks Mojo for the reply.

I've called the CSA and explained, then called the Benefits Office. The Benefits office have said my daughters mother has confirmed she is entitled to child benefit for another year!...madness!! :silly: I've asked them to investigate. The Benefits Office made a comment if my daughter is working less than 24 hours I may still be due to pay the CSA. Any ideas how to sort this would be welcome?

(Interestingly, my ex has been pestering me to pay directly towards our daughter and alleges she's not I receipt of child benefit. Knowing my ex well, she's trying the screw me for cash using guilt, then push for the CSA to claim payment to!!)

My reaction would be to tell your ex that you have spoken to the benefits office and that they have said she is still in receipt of benefits, so you've asked them to check why she isn't receiving them, as you were concerned she isn't getting the money.

thanks for the replies 🙂