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Hello,
I have been trying for a year to get PR and my ex has finally agreed for me to have it. However her latest "delay tactic" is that she believes once the PR is established, it will cause financial problems because the benefits she is getting will be less and I have no income to provide for the Child Support Payments. Currently I'm trying to get Universal Credit to give what I can for my son.
So my question is, should I wait until I have the UC or can I get PR now and not pay anything until the UC has gone through?
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hi There,
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What benifits she gets won't be effected by you having PR, as you don't and won't be living together, she will still be living as a single parent, and you having PR won't effect that.
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GTTS
You can reassure her that agreeing to PR won't effect any of her benefits. There are two ways of getting PR
1. By both of you filling out a Parental Responsibility Agreement form and taking it to the birth registry together to get it witnessed and stamped.
2. Applying to court for PR using form C1, this is usually done at the same time as Applying for a Child Arrangements Order for contact. This is only usually applied for when there are issues around contact.
Being on be benefits would mean that you would only be required to make a minimum payment of £7 pw from your weekly amount, but there's nothing to stop you contributing more if you wanted to.
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