Well, what I was thinking is that if a new claim was made, the claim would be on the basis of a close relative (which I think includes parents).
On that basis I thought the absent parent (now with his IS) would not operate to exlcude client. This was taken from my reading in CPAG of the exclusion of close relatives. It states the claimant will not be excluded because of a parent of the deceased where that parent is in reciept of a qualifying benefit (it doesnt say in my copy that they have to have the qualifying beneift from the date of death, as it does say in other sections on funeral expenses payments).
However, on checking the regs further I think it means that the absent parent again has to be IRO a qualifying benefit at the time of the death of the deceased.
So, although a new claim can be made, again it wont help.
Thanks for your input.
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