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Zero Hours, And Child Maintenance

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vonda | 20:39 Fri 03rd Nov 2017 | Law
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Do I still have to pay the same amount of privately agreed maintenance if I am currently on a 'zero hours' contract? Also, my son is currently at 6th form, if he goes to Uni do I still continue to pay maintenance, or does it stop when he becomes 18?
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Zero hours doesn't necessarily (and probably doesn't ) mean zero pay. The answer I am pretty sure will be "it depends"
Unless you have come to an agreement with your childs mother its normally stops once the child finishes none advance fulltime education
Do you just have the one child then covered by your child maintenance?
Child benefit stops just before they turn 19 so that's the marker.
You no longer have to pay child maintenance after your son completes his studies for A-levels (or equivalent):
https://www.gov.uk/when-child-maintenance-payments-stop

Unless you've asked a court to make your private agreement over child maintenance payments legally binding, then it isn't. If you were so-minded, you could simply stop paying at any time. (However your son's father could then go down the path of seeking a formal arrangement via the Child Maintenance Service):
https://www.gov.uk/arranging-child-maintenance-yourself

It might therefore be sensible to try to revise your existing arrangement, on a voluntary basis, if your income level has dropped from what it used to be.
>>> Child benefit stops just before they turn 19 so that's the marker

No they don't. They stop at 20 if the young person is still studying for A-levels (or equivalent) or, if earlier, whenever the young person completes such studies. (See my first link above).
Child benefit is paid whilst the child remains in full time non advanced education.
^^^ Islay seems to have fallen into the trap of assuming that it's always a father who pays child maintenance to a mother. Voda's profile (and her previous posts) seem to suggest that the reverse is true here.
Chris they could be a same sex couple!
TBH it doesn't matter what sex the couple is - just that the information is correct - as mine is!
My son started his A levels at almost 17. His child benefit stopped when he was almost 19.
That's because Ummm it was extended to cover to a certain date after his 18th Birthday whilst in full time non advance education
Yeah, I know. Was just informing Chris. They wanted to know about his A levels and it's paid until just after they had finished.

After A levels have finished that's it, job done, they can go to uni and get student loans...
Yup I believe the date is 1st September unless they start working fulltime before then
Just checked. I got 2 weeks on 12th Sep.
Yes that's about right as its paid a week behind and 3 weeks in advance.
It depends what was privately agreed. I had to pay for my child until further education was finished. When she was 18 & went to uni I paid her directly as she was no longer living at the family home.

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