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Ok, she has messaged me today claiming that my son is starting an apprenticeship next month (how convenient) and she claims I will be hit with a big CSA bill. If he does start an apprenticeship next month do I then need to pay child maintenance? Thanks
hi,
it depends. if its paid apprenticeship, then you don't pay maintenance. and it should be full time (more than an average of 12 hours a week)
lots of info on it here, and linked closely to child benefit rules.
Hi
I have a 16 year old son who don't want to go college and want's to stay at home and do gaming but he has signed up and paid for an online computer course, and his mum is saying I still have to pay maintenance because he is doing the online course is this true.
hi,
are you paying maintenance through CMS or is it private arrangement?
if he is no longer in full-time education (more than 12 hours a week) then you should not be paying maintenance. any idea what kind of IT course. 2 year course or random one where you just self-study where there's no time limit?
hi,
it depends. if its paid apprenticeship, then you don't pay maintenance. and it should be full time (more than an average of 12 hours a week)
lots of info on it here, and linked closely to child benefit rules.
Thanks, the only issue now is that I dont trust his mother to be honest with me. I will ask her
if the apprenticeship is paid or not but I don't trust that she will give me an honest answer.
I will discuss this more with her to get some more information, at the moment the only information
i have is that he allegedly starts next month (no date given, no other details given),
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