I am now separated with 3 children.
My 3 kids’ dad gets Universal Credit and Child Benefit for all of them. I claim as a single person (whilst still sharing the same home) but I will move out soon.
I can’t find any information on whether I can claim for a 3 bedroom house for me and the kids because their time will be split 50/50 between the 2 of us.
The relationship is so amicable that our 50/50 arrangement is informal – we haven’t seen a solicitor and do not have any documentation to prove this.
Does anyone know whether Universal Credit will pay 2 lots of rent when separated parents share the children?
And would we need to prove this agreement in any way?
Thanks very much for reading, I feel confused because I don’t know where to turn for the answer.