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Originally Posted by erol
Well related to having kids in the sense that having kids requires a bigger house and therefore more support.
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That's a practicality rather than a direct benifit, if you see what I mean.
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Originally Posted by erol
You do get extra benefits if you have children.
See here
http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/cms....geBenefits/493
"Personal allowances for dependent children:from birth to the day before 19th birthday - £38.50"
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I sit corrected.
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Originally Posted by erol
I see what you are saying and also see the unfairness of taking all benefits away against the maintance from absent parent. However benefits which relate to the child should be taken away I think. Those that relate to the adult alone, I agree should not. Then there will be some that related to both and I spose some for of pro ratering on these would seem right.
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That's the injustice I'm on about, why lose housing benifit/unemployment benifit when the CSA money is supposedly for the child.
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Originally Posted by erol
I am not convinced of this. If the courts were to relentlessly prosecute the parent with custody, for obstucting visiting rights, then the parent without custody could use this as a threat against the other parent - just more acrimony imo (let me see my child on day x at time y or I get the courts to lock you up for obstucting my access rights). I assume the reason such prosecutions are so rare is that the courts (rightly imo) consider the locking up or even fining of a parent with custody is not in the childs best interest.
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Most visitation orders are specific, like every other weekend, every other half term, first 2 weeks of summer holidays etc.
So it's not like 2 hrs a week to be decided by the father, so you won't get into the situation of let me see my child on day x at time y.
Anyway, it's normally the main custody holder who uses the child as a weapon, ie even tho the courts say you can see our child this weekend, I'm not going to let you because I know it rips your heart to shreds.