Advice for friend

noble00

Hi a friend of mine has two children one from a previous relationship and one from current boyfriend they have never lived together the boyfriend still lives with parents ,they are talking about moving in together ,my friend does not work but claims for first child and gets money of boyfriend for their child the question I wanted to ask was will she be entitled to anything if they did move in together she does plan to go back to work when youngest is a bit older ,I think her boyfriend is on five -six hundred a week wages ,she still lives with her parents thanks

myappeal

Hi noble00,

Can you advise which Social Welfare payment she is currently in receipt of?

Is it the One Parent Family payment or Jobseekers Allowance.

If its the OPFP, the answer would be no. This payment is only available where the person is parenting alone and not cohabiting with a spouse/partner.

If it is Jobseekers Allowance or Disability Allowance, living with somebody will not disqualify them from the payment, but a means test will be applied and this could reduce or completely remove the payment based on the partners income.

Hope this proves useful.

Regards,

noble00

Hi I'm not sure what payment she is getting at the moment ,I told her the best thing to do is to go to citizens advice and they should be able to help her ,that's good to know she may be able to get jobseekers allowance if not already on it , I'll pass that on to her ,thank you for the reply