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Social Security Act 2018

Assistance - Young parent payment

59: When person has parental support gap

You could also call this:

“When you don't have parents or guardians to support you with money”

You have a parental support gap if you’re not living with a parent or guardian and one of these things is true:

Your parents or guardians can’t support you with money.

Your relationship with your parents or guardians has broken down and they won’t support you with money.

You used to be under a CYPFA order or agreement, but you’re not anymore.

MSD thinks it’s not reasonable to expect you to depend on your parents or anyone else for money.

You can also have a parental support gap if you’re living with or getting money from a parent or guardian, but their family income is very low. The income needs to be so low that they would get the full amount of family tax credit.

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Part 2 Assistance
Young parent payment

59When person has parental support gap

  1. In this subpart, a person (P) has a parental support gap if—

  2. P is not living with a parent or guardian and—
    1. none of P’s parents (and guardians (if any)) is able to support P financially; or
      1. P’s relationship with P’s parents (and guardians (if any)) has broken down and none of them is prepared to support P financially; or
        1. P was, but is no longer, subject to a CYPFA order or agreement; or
          1. MSD is satisfied that P cannot reasonably be expected to be financially dependent on P’s parents or any other person; or
          2. P is living with or being financially supported by a parent or guardian (F) and the family scheme income (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act 2007) of F and the spouse or partner of F is less than the amount that would, under sections MD 1 and MD 13 of that Act, reduce the amount of F’s family tax credit entitlement under that Act to zero.

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