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<p>Where a separated couple have joint custody for their children, only one of them
will receive financial assistance for those children through Universal Credit. The
separated couple may jointly nominate which of them that will be. The parent who receives
financial support is the one whom the child normally lives with, but if the child
normally lives with both, then it is the parent who has main responsibility for the
child. This is to be decided by the parents, or failing that, the Secretary of State
if the parents cannot agree or if the Secretary of State does not think that the nomination
accurately reflects the arrangement. HM Revenue & Customs administer Child Tax
Credit and Child Benefit and the rules similarly require that payment is directed
towards the person who is mainly responsible for the child, so that at any one time,
only one person can be entitled to receive payments in respect of a particular child.</p>
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