Hi. Looking for some advise as to when to stop making payments to my ex wife (agreed private payments, ie not through CMS). Our child is now 18 (last March) and was in full time education. However they quit and has since not returned. I was told to keep paying as was going back but never did so feel I should have stopped last year. Our child will now be 19 in couple of months and hasnt enrolled on any new course or started working. Should I stop making payments or are there other factors involved, such as other benefits being received? They are looking at apprenticeships but nothing formal.... quite annoyed they are not doing anything but there are health / mental issues involved too..
Any help much appreciated as not sure how to approach this with the ex. Thanks.
hi,
child maintenance should stop if child leaves full-time education. if you had been paying through CMS, they like to use child benefit as reference. if child benefit still being paid out, then child maintenance continues.
@bill337 thanks, is there a way of finding out if child benefits are being claimed??
@slackio78 if your on talking terms with ex, can ask her. Other way is contact child benefit office. May be difficult, imagine they will ask lots of security questions.