Orphans Benefit and Unsupported Childs Benefit : Contents

• Introduction
• Qualifications
  • Age
  • Eligible caregiver
    • Parent applies
    • Parent living in the same house
    • Other benefit assistance
  • Period of care
    • Additional care arrangements
  • Dependent child
    • Child not living at home
    • Dependent children, young parents and the child's parent or step parent examples
    • Child in care of Oranga Tamariki
    • Child discharged from Oranga Tamariki care
    • Oranga Tamariki child discharged to caregiver
    • Receiving Orphans or Unsupported Childs Benefit for a child after the child has been included in a benefit
      • Process for children in permanency
    • Definition of discharged from Oranga Tamariki care
      • Oranga Tamariki order in place
  • New child comes into care
  • Residence
    • Reciprocal Agreements
  • Parents unable to provide care
    • Orphans Benefit
      • Arthur Hall Fletcher Trust
    • Unsupported Childs Benefit
      • Breakdown in the child's family
      • Multiple children
      • What is a breakdown in the child's family
      • Breakdown in the child's family cannot be established
      • Oranga Tamariki or other authorised agency documentation
      • Independent Assessment Provider
• Obligations
  • Change in circumstances
  • Child Support
    • Disclosure of the carer's details (Oranga Tamariki arrangement)
    • Paying parent
      • Proof of paying parent
• Commencement Date
• Payment
  • Caregiver's income
  • Childs income
    • Example - child's income
  • Bank account
    • Credit union
• Establishment Grant
• Changes and Reviews - OB and UCB
  • Absence from New Zealand
    • Permanent absence
    • Obligation to advise of departure from New Zealand
    • Action on advice of departure
    • Action on return to New Zealand
  • Change of address
  • Child changes
    • Change in age
      • Child turns 18
    • Change of caregiver
      • New caregiver applies for benefit
    • Child applies for a benefit in their own right
    • Child leaves care
    • Child leaves school
    • Child starts work
      • Full-time employment
      • Part-time employment
    • Financially independent
    • Gets a Student Allowance
    • Gets a Student Loan
    • Temporary return to parents
    • Permanent return to parents care
  • Death of a caregiver or child
    • Child dies
    • Caregiver dies
    • Caregiver or child dies before benefit granted or reviewed
  • Deductions
    • Priority for deductions
    • Ministry of Social Development debt repayments
    • Debt Repayment Orders
    • Court attachment orders
      • Protected earnings rate
      • Court request for information
    • Inland Revenue deduction notices
  • Hospitalisation
  • Mandatory Review for Orphan's Benefit and Unsupported Child's Benefit
    • Mandatory Review dates for Orphan's Benefit and Unsupported Child's Benefit
    • Specific engagements
    • Outcomes of a Mandatory Review
      • Examples of Mandatory Review outcomes
    • Orphan's Benefit or Unsupported Child's Benefit suspended before Mandatory Review date
    • Mandatory Review not required
    • When an extension or exemption can be given

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