Checklist: parenting alone
- Introduction
- Income supports
- Legal information
- Tax relief
- Other supports for people parenting alone
- Other sources of information
Introduction
If you are parenting alone, you can use the lists and links below to find details of your entitlements and the main services available.
Income supports
Legal information
| General information | Specific information on aspects of family law |
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Legal options following marital breakdown Family mediation for separating couples Factors considered by a court in a separation/divorce/dissolution Separation and divorce: children Maintenance orders and agreements Guardianship status of fathers Safety orders, protection orders and barring orders |
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Cohabiting people (people who live together in a committed relationship, but who are not married or in a civil partnership) |
Legal guardianship and cohabiting couples |
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Property law |
Property rights of cohabiting couples |
Tax relief
| General information | Specific information about taxation |
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Single Person Child Carer Credit Incapacitated Child Tax Credit One-parent family tax credits and reliefs |
Childcare and education supports
| General information | Specific information about childcare and education |
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Supports for children
Help with childcare costs |
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Going back to work
| General information | Specific information about employment supports and returning to work |
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Back to Work Enterprise Allowance |
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Other supports for people parenting alone
| General information | Specific information about extra social welfare benefits |
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Free travel Household Benefits Package |
Other sources of information
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State agencies |
Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) |
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Voluntary agencies |
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