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Child Benefit ends at 18?

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  • 15-01-2021 4:41pm
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    micks_address
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    Hi folks,

    Our eldest is 18 end of the month and we got a letter to say benefit would end this month. Used to be you could get a form signed while in education to keep receiving until 21. Is that changed now?

    Thanks,
    Mick


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    Conall Cernach
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    Child Benefit ends at 18 even if the child is in full time education. It ends at 16 if they are not in school.

    You may be thinking of an increase for a child dependant for a social welfare payment which is paid until they are 22 if in education.


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    micks_address
    Registered Users Posts: 8,453 ✭✭✭micks_address


    Conall Cernach wrote: »
    Child Benefit ends at 18 even if the child is in full time education. It ends at 16 if they are not in school.

    You may be thinking of an increase for a child dependant for a social welfare payment which is paid until they are 22 if in education.

    Thanks used to be like 20 years ago when I was that age but things have moved on obviously. I remember getting firm signed in college for my parents


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    Masala
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Masala


    micks_address wrote: »
    Hi folks,

    Our eldest is 18 end of the month and we got a letter to say benefit would end this month. Used to be you could get a form signed while in education to keep receiving until 21. Is that changed now?

    Thanks,
    Mick

    Been that way for years now.... well my child is 28 and I lost it when she was 18 so thats 10 years ago. And even as she was growing up... 18 was the cut-off that I was aware of. Never heard it being 21.


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    BorneTobyWilde
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    Yea 18 . Makes sense as I'm sure at 18 one could get a part time job, and the parents are going to abandon their child just because they turn 18.
    In USA 30,000 kids per year age out of foster homes, and are made homeless. WTF. If I fostered a kid ,and brought them up, my home is their home for life. But in USA 30k age out, and have no home.
    This magic number of 18, who came up with that ????? Serious question????


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