What is counted as 'income'?

Am recently separated and havnt yet begun divorce proceedings or sorting out all the financial stuff yet. My ex hubby is at university and earns a small amount each week from some part time work (not sure if this is 'official' or not tho). He does however receive around £10k per year in the form of a bursary, grant and other allowances.Would this be taken into consideration in child maintenance calculations? I'm guessing probably not (?)

hmm. Don't know the answer to this one. I think you will have to look at the CSA website and/or give them a call to check. Please let us know what you find out.

Hadenoughnow

The CSA would take into account when making a calculation student grants/bursaries etc. However any undeclared income (cash in hand earnings) wont be used in the calculations.

Hope this helps.

Students aren't required to pay child support. They are assessed at the 'nil rate':

'Nil rate

Nil rate is used if a non-resident parent:

is a student
is a child
is a prisoner
gets an allowance for work-based training or Skill-seekers training (in Scotland)
lives in a care home or independent hospital and gets help with the fees
is between 16-17 years old and they or their partner get certain benefits'

See:

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/ChildMainte...portAgency/DG_198928

Best wishes,
Sadie

The information I gave came direct from the CSA too

Hm. Confusion from the CSA as usual...

Sadie

I would imagine that they would assess the grants etc then provide a "nil" assessment on the basis of the "payee" being a student - which is a bit pointless in actually doing the assessment in the first place