Will CMS contact me when maint ends?

Hi All.
Hoping someone can help me on this.

So, I've been paying CM for many years.
My ex went to CMS a few years ago hoping she might be better off, but that didnt work out.
However, I pay direct.
Unfortunately relations have never been good with the ex and I have lost contact with the kids, their choice, long story....
So, I get communication every year in august from CMS as a yearly thing.
Last year I got a further letter in the september, this was to tell me to pay CMS for my son.
My daughter had started Uni.
I continued the same payments.
My ex never contacted me to say I was paying too much, but this didnt surprise me.
My Son is at college and my question is, given the CMS told me who to pay for, not that my daughter was no longer eligible, so, will i hear from the CMS when my son is no longer eligible?
As, I am sure my ex wont tell me, she will just keep taking the money.
I try to keep in touch with both my kids and only get sporadic texts from my son.
His texts are probably 'screened' and I generally dont get any info in return.
So, will I know from the CMS when I am no longer eligible to pay CM?

A long time since you were last on here!

They should tell you but if your ex “forgets” to tell them about the change of circumstances then it may be missed for a while.

My circumstances were similar and my ex “forgot” to tell them that our son had dropped out of sixth form to do an apprenticeship instead. I queried it and it turned out I had been paying for nearly a year when it wasn’t due. She wasn’t happy when she had to repay it.

How old is your son and at what stage of college do you think he would be at?

If you think there may have been a change of circumstances it is certainly worth informing them so they can investigate.

Thank you for your reply, yes, a never ending source of info.
My Son is just over 17.
I do think, like you my ex would 'forget' to inform certain authorities.
It obviously took you a while to find out what was happening and I would be in the same situation, but if she does stop claiming child benefits, I guess they are somehow linked?
I'm thinking that would trigger a letter from the CMS, but as they didnt tell me to stop paying for my daughter, but just to pay for my son, I'm wondering if they will inform me of the ceasing of responsibility to my son?
The reason I hope you understand I am explaining is, that they seem to not tell you what not to do, but what to do?

They should send you a letter that starts “ Your liability has ended.” And then go on to give the reason.

Unless it has changed the only way they will know is if your ex, or you, tell them or it is the final reached age 20 trigger.

Claiming CB demonstrates entitlement to CM but CB won’t inform them that it has ended.

If your son would have finished the second year of further education it’s worth pointing this out to them and they can contact your ex. “Forgetting” to tell them is one thing, if she gives them false information when asked it will be far more serious.

Brilliant
thank you
re the letter says…..
so….. when I received a letter last September stating only my son as eligible, I then found out my daughter was at uni
so, what would have triggered that letter?
Would it have Been my ex telling them?

If you didn’t report it then she must have done. Unless, though unlikely, your daughter did.

If she reported the change of circumstances for your daughter hopefully she will for your son too.