Are You Getting Divorced? Financial Assistance for Single Parents

ByAndrew Marshall

Do you have children and are divorced or getting a divorce? This article looks at the financial assistance single parents can be entitled to with some specific examples. Depending on circumstances entitlements can include child benefit, child tax credits, working tax credits, housing benefit and council tax benefit.

After a divorce the parent children live with is often entitled to child maintenance payments from the other parent. This is intended to help support the children financially. As this can vary greatly depending on circumstances and income, this is not taken into consideration in the examples at the bottom of this article.

CHILD BENEFIT
Anyone with children is entitled to child benefit, although those earning above