{"id":17086,"date":"2025-07-25T10:02:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/famiris.brussels\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=17086"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:01:01","slug":"can-my-child-receive-child-benefits-themselves","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/famiris.brussels\/en\/faq\/payments-amounts-of-child-benefits\/can-my-child-receive-child-benefits-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Can my child receive child benefits themselves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>Yes, under certain conditions, your child can receive child benefits for themselves:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>From the age of 16<\/strong>, a young person can receive child benefits if they <strong>live alone<\/strong>, meaning at a different address from their parents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the young person is <strong>married<\/strong>, even if they still live with their parents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the young person has <strong>one or more children for whom they receive child benefits<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"mod-row buttons\">\n            <a href=\"\/en\/faq\/child-benefits-general-questions\/who-receives-the-child-benefit\/\">\n        <div class=\"btn undefined btn_full\"><span class=\"btn-content\">Who receives the child benefits (beneficiary)?<\/span><\/div>\n    <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, under certain conditions, your child can receive child benefits for themselves:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-17086","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-cat-payments-amounts-of-child-benefits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can my child receive child benefits themselves? - Famiris<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yes, it is possible for your child to receive the family allowance for themselves. 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