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Hi,
I have read the forum but I haven't come across a situation like mine - but there must be others in this situation ?
My daughter is over 18, not in any form of education or scheme, has a part time job and I am paying Child Maintenance.
The answer from the CMS is -
For Child Benefit purposes a child is a child if they are aged under 20, Child Benefit is still payable and they are in full time, non advanced education.
However, if Child X is working less than 24 hours per week she is still classed as a child until she turns 20 or works more than 24hours per week, Child Maintenance is still due to be paid by the paying parent in this instance.
However, she would cease to be classed as a child if her hours of work were more than 24 per week. We would need to be notified if this occurs.
Is anyone else in this situation ?
It just doesn't sound right ?
I don't have experience of this but would hope that the CMS know the rules. You could ask Citizens Advice for an independent view. It may be different if your daughter is claiming benefits. When the child reaches 18, its common for the payments to be made directly rather than to the resident parent.
hi,
yes it's very difficult and many have had this issue when child reaches 18/20. Usually CMS just takes the resident parents word for whatever the child is doing. As long as the resident parent is still receiving child benefit, then they would tell you to carry on paying maintenance. I would recommend this FB group, lot of support for CMS issues: https://www.facebook.com/groups/239699060076601
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