maternity benefit....

Tinkerbell1608

Hi everyone,
Would appreciate a bit of advice if anyone knows the answers.

I'm a first time mammy to a 5 week old baby. I'm on maternity leave and payment at the mo, have put in for my child allowance for each month. My situation tho is that the daddy never wanted to know baby. Won't support her at all. My question tho is am i entitled to lone parent even tho I'm on maternity leave, and not sure if I can go back to work as I'm doing this all on my own. Not sure what I'm entitled to.

Hope someone can help me with this, thanks in advance x

Tinkerbell1608

Hi everyone,
Just wondering am i able to claim lone parent benefit while i'm on maternity benefit. i had a baby 5 weeks ago and her dad wants nothing to do with her and won't support her.

would appreciate the help....x

wmpdd3

I'm not sure, but I'd presume so.

Its best to apply as soon as possible as there is alot of supporting information to provide esp is the partner lived with the parent before.

cee_jay

Tinkerbell please do not create multiple threads for the same question. I have merged your 2 threads now.