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Social Security Act 2018

Obligations - Beneficiaries’ obligations - Specific obligations: social obligations in relation to dependent children

130: Obligations of spouse or partner of beneficiary in relation to dependent children of spouse or partner

You could also call this:

“Responsibilities for your partner's children when they get government help”

If you are married to or in a relationship with someone who gets a benefit from the government, you might have to do some things for your partner’s children. This applies if your partner gets jobseeker support, sole parent support, a supported living payment, or an emergency benefit. However, if you are a young person who already has to do certain things because of your age, these rules don’t apply to you.

You need to do these things for your own children, even if they are not your partner’s children. It doesn’t matter if you get some or all of the benefit money instead of your partner, or if you both get some. The things you need to do are explained in sections 131 to 135 of the law.

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Part 3 Obligations
Beneficiaries’ obligations: Specific obligations: social obligations in relation to dependent children

130Obligations of spouse or partner of beneficiary in relation to dependent children of spouse or partner

  1. The spouse or partner of a beneficiary is subject to the obligations set out in sections 131 to 135 in relation to each dependent child of the spouse or partner if—

  2. the beneficiary receives jobseeker support, sole parent support, a supported living payment, or an emergency benefit; and
    1. the spouse or partner is not a young person subject to the obligations set out in section 166 or 167.

      1. Subsection (1) applies whether or not—

      2. the dependent child of the spouse or partner is also the dependent child of the beneficiary:
        1. the spouse or partner receives all or any of the benefit instead of, or as well as, the beneficiary.

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