I have residency & parental rights for my Grandson. What should I be claiming?
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0moreenmcguire posted
Thanks for that. I don't work or claim benefits as my grandson is 6 & we live in a village with no other family & part time work would not cover the costs of child minders. My husband works full time. We recieve child benefit. My Grandson's father is dead, but his mother is alive. She does not contribute. I wondered if there was maybe some kind of guardians allowance. We don't have the same years left to work as 'normal' aged parents, & living on a pension & child benefit does not seem fair for us or him. But thanks for your suggestion.
Posted on 19 October 2012 |
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881MikeGG1 posted
Have you claimed Home Responsibilities Protection? At least that would help towards your State Pension.
Have you contacted the Child Support Agency? They might be able to get a contribution from the mother. It is usually absentee fathers that they are after.
Mike
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0moreenmcguire posted
Thanks again, very helpful. I've just looked at the HRP page on the gov.uk website, & I'll certainly look into the CSA, but given that my daughter doesn't work, I don't hold out much hope.
Again Mike, thanks for your help.
Regards, Moreen.
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216SoftwareBear posted
I imagine you can get maintenance from the mother ... assuming she has some income to cover it ,,, as a single mum chasing the father would be able to.
You should be able to claim all tax credits providing your income is low enough.
I doubt you'd be entitled to anything else, unless it is nursery/childcare related ... you're just the child's parents ... you would be more likely to get housing benefit/upgrading with the child around but I suspect you have your own home already.
Possibly the child might be financially better off with mum and certainly less of a burden yourselves, but I presume there are other downsides to that scenario.
A difficult dilemma but the child will eventually understand a love rich stable home even if it is a financially poor one would be the better option long term..
You've both been contributing to society for a long while ... and feels like you're stepping in to help out in a very stressful situation ... please find out about and claim what you need to ... don't feel bad about it ... you're doing a loving thing.
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0moreenmcguire posted
Thanks for that SoftwareBear. Like you say, we're doing it for love & not financial gain. Just seems unfair that I can't claim any sort of benefit due to not working because of the circumstances.
Regards, Moreen.
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216SoftwareBear posted
unless your combined salary is high then I believe you should be able to get some help ...
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/start/who-qualifies/quick-questionnaire.htm
Your combined income must be below £26K.
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