Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
interesting point indeed, when i got a divorce from the ex, the child support was in her name ie, Mrs woolley, but my son chose to live with me so the benift came to me, well what a problem that was changing names then to Mr woolley, some times its not worth the bother but thats what they want i think sometimes
Same thing when my boy came to live with me Steve, but it was straightforward enough. You do need the NI number of the ex. My ex would have had a problem explaining why she was still claiming for him when she wasn't even living in the UK any more.