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Hi, I pay maintenance to my Ex Wife for 2 kids I have with her. The CSA worked out the amount for us and I pay the money directly to her each week. No problems there!
Anyway, my son will be starting an apprenticeship on Monday the 1st of July, and I would like to know when the maintenance payments for my son stop?
I think it will be the beginning of September but I'm not sure?
The apprenticeship will be provided by the company and it isn't a Foundation Learning Program or Access to Apprenticeship course.
I've looked on a number of website's, including CSA, and just find conflicting results and its all a bit confusing.
So, do I pay up to September?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Hi
Yes, it is until September - I think it's on the basis that education doesn't end until they know a child isn't going back.
Hi TJH66
Thank you for your post. I am William the Child Maintenance Options consultant. I understand that you currently pay your ex-wife directly and your son is starting an apprenticeship. You would like to know when your child maintenance payments will stop for your son.
Under child support legislation, regular child maintenance payments must be made until a child is 16 years old, or 20 if they are in full-time, non-advanced education (A-level or equivalent), or for as long as Child Benefit is being paid. Before 10 December 2012, the upper age limit was 19.
Education must be full-time (more than an average of 12 hours’ supervised study a week during term time) and ‘non-advanced’.
Child benefit and child maintenance run along the side of each other, so if your ex-wife is still receiving Child Benefit for your son you would still be required to pay child maintenance.
For further clarification on the above you may wish to look at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-16-19/education. With you and your ex-wife having a family-based arrangement in place you may wish to negotiate between yourselves when your payments will stop.
To find out more about how Child Maintenance Options can help you visit www.cmoptions.org or call us free on 0800 988 0988 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday or 9am and 4pm on Saturday.
I hope this helps.
William
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