[Solved] When will my last CM payment be?

hi,

usually you would be paying maintenance until september.

some info:

16 is the minimum age where child maintenance can stop. Between the ages of 16 and 19, if the child is enrolled full-time in school (more than 12 hours per week and the course is up to and including A level), child maintenance for the child must be paid. This does not apply to advanced study, like study at a college or university, this only includes non-advanced study. Although a child may have several long breaks, the non-custodial parent still owes child maintenance during school breaks. If the child leaves full-time schooling in the summer, the non-custodial parent generally owes child support until the first week of September, of that year.

For example: You have three children, an 11 year old, a 16 year old and an eighteen year old. You must pay child maintenance for the 11 year old no matter what kind of school she is or isn't in - under no circumstances do you not owe child maintenance for her to the custodial parent. The 16 year old may be a different story. If your 16-year-old child has left school, you can stop paying child maintenance in September of the year she left. This is because since she left school, it is time for her to get a job and be responsible. No one should have to pay maintenance on someone who is able to work and support him or herself. But lets say then that your 18-year-old is still studying for A levels and wants to go to university. You would still owe child maintenance for this child because she is in school, non-advanced study and under the age of 19.

http://www.sfla.co.uk/endmaintenance.htm

Thanks....he's been studying travel and tourism at the local college since leaving school at 16. Is this classed as 'advanced study' ?

I'd be reasonable certain that this would be non-advanced education.

Thanks....he's been studying travel and tourism at the local college since leaving school at 16. Is this classed as 'advanced study' ?

theres some rules about approved education, where child benefit/CMS payments continue:

Your Child Benefit stops on 31 August on or after your child’s 16th birthday if they leave education or training. It continues if they stay in approved education or training, but you must tell the Child Benefit Office.

You’ll be sent a letter in your child’s last year at school asking you to confirm their plans.

Approved education

Education must be full-time (more than an average of 12 hours a week supervised study or course-related work experience) and can include:

- A levels or similar, for example Pre-U, International Baccalaureate
- Scottish Highers
- NVQs and other vocational qualifications up to level 3
- home education - if started before your child turned 16
- traineeships in England

Courses are not approved if paid for by an employer or ‘advanced’, for example a university degree or BTEC Higher National Certificate.

https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-16-19