# The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, Paragraph 25

Extent: E+W+S

Where a claimant has ceased to occupy what was formerly the dwelling occupied as the home following his estrangement or divorce from , or dissolution of his civil partnership with, his former partner, that dwelling for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he ceased to occupy that dwelling or, where that dwelling is occupied as the home by the former partner who is a lone parent, for as long as it is so occupied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/schedule/10/paragraph/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-1987/schedule-10/paragraph-25
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