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who can clam for child benefits and what happen to the child support money?
if your x has never worked a day in her life and lives off of benefits?
i pay around £200 per month in my x. for child support? so who lives of this money??
i have worked from the day i left school never had any help or clam any benefits?
i am really unsure what happens to the child support money i give and who it supports. can anyone tell me
Hi Tommy.
Thank you for your post. I am William the Child Maintenance Options consultant.
Child Benefit is usually paid to the parent with the main day to day care of the child.
Child maintenance is a contribution towards the cost of bringing up your child and this includes not only such items as food and clothing but also it is a contribution towards the home that your child lives in and the associated costs of running that home.
Any child maintenance that you pay will go directly to your child's mother. In the past if your child's mother, was receiving Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance and in receipt of child maintenance, her benefits would have been reduced accordingly. However, on the 12 April 2010 the law on child maintenance changed. This change means that your child's mother can now keep all of the child maintenance she receives and it will not affect her benefits. In addition, receiving maintenance does not affect Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefit or tax credits regardless of the amount. Any child maintenance received should still be declared to Jobcentre Plus, even though it should not affect the benefits she receives.
For more information about how Child Maintenance Options can help and access to useful tools and forms online you can visit http://www.cmoptions.org, or if you would prefer a confidential chat you could call the Child Maintenance Options team on 0800 988 0988 (free from a landline).
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