Sole Parent Support : Contents
Child changes
The number of dependent children in a Sole Parent Support client's care and any change to the circumstance of a child can affect:
- the rate of family tax credit payable
- payment of Best Start tax credit
- the rate of extra help payable
- the client's obligations and
- (in some situations) the client's eligibility to the benefit, for example, last child leaves care
Including a child in Sole Parent Support
For a child to be included in a client's Sole Parent Support the child must be a dependent child and generally ordinarily resident in New Zealand.
When the child is not the client's natural or adoptive child, the client may be able to get an Unsupported Child's Benefit (instead of having the child included in their Sole Parent Support). This will depend mainly on the care arrangements.
Changes to a child's circumstances
Change to a dependent child's circumstances is generally going to affect the client's Sole Parent Support.
For more information see:
- Dependent child
- Deciding ordinarily resident
- Birth of a child
- Change in age
- Child absence from New Zealand
- Child applies for a benefit in their own right
- Child comes into care
- Child income
- Child leaves care
- Best Start tax credit
- Child leaves care suddenly
- Child leaves school
- Child starts work
- Carer arrangements
- Death of a child
- Effect of child changes on benefit
- Financially independent
- In the care of Oranga Tamariki
- Imprisonment Parent in prison
- Gets a Student Allowance
- Gets a Student Loan
- Shared care
- Split care
- Temporary care
- Verification from Internal Affairs
