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clareboth
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12 Feb 11 #251281 by clareboth

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We are going to share parenting with equal responsibility and an equal no of nights having the children. I work and my ex doesn't, I pay a mortgage on my house and he doesn't. I am still supporting him at the moment, we are getting divorced. I would like to split the family tax credit and child benefit fairly - how could I work this out.

rubytuesday
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12 Feb 11 #251285 by rubytuesday

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Welcome to wikivorce.

You can each claim CB and CTC for one child by making seperate claims for one child each.

Its not unusual for parents who equally share care to do this.

If you have more than 2 children, it might be more fiancially beneficial for your ex to claim for the majority of the children and for you to claim for one as he would receive full ctc as he isn't working at present.

clareboth
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12 Feb 11 #251323 by clareboth

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Thank you for this, one child is 16 and the other 11 so this would only work for two years I assume. I hadn't realised that a non working person could claim for this, when I didn't work 3yrs ago and was signing on I didn't have any CTC. Where would I find information on claiming this please.

NellNoRegrets
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12 Feb 11 #251330 by NellNoRegrets

Reply from NellNoRegrets

www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits...herSupport/index.htm

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