When you become a single parent

[skybie]

Hi, besides child support, which other benifits are u entitled to as a single parent?
Just seeing what kind of finances i'll have to see whether i can keep my girls in this house or if we'd have to move somewhere more affordable should things come to it.
TIA

[~Ash~]

You would get the single parent pension (until your youngest turns 6) and the family tax benefit a and b - which you might already get anyway.

With one child I was getting about $950 a fortnight total with the pension and family tax - and 100% child care benefit which meant daycare was a cheaper for me too.

Good luck xx


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[Ryatha]

I also get rent assistance and child support from the dad. I thought I wouldn't be able to keep living in the house we were in but I was pleasantly surprised.

I went into centrelink and the ladies there were very helpful


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[nothing2lose]

Doesn't child support also offset some centrelink/FAO benefits??

[cakester69]

Child support does affect you ftb payments go online and do the calculators on the centre link site I would make sure you go thru child support and get them to collect the money so if he doesn't pay they can deal with it

[skybie]

Thanks ladies, just did an online estimate, im really really suprised, we'd definetly be able to stay if i did it right!

[Catastrophic]

Agree with what all the other gals have said.

Give the C'link people a call and have a talk to them.

xoxoxo

[~Ash~]

Glad it was a good estimate skybie - I've always found them pretty accurate too.


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