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Child tax states that you can’t claim separation until one of the partners has moved out and has their own address. On the CRA website it states that you can’t change your marital status unless you’ve been separated for 90 days. So I was wondering if anyone knows if child tax will back pay you for the 90 days?

yes you need to wait for 90 days after you separate.. they will then pay back pay for the difference the month after the 90 days.

Once you've hit day 91 and apply for the child tax to be transferred to you, it can take up to 3 months to transfer to the new caretaker/ guardian on their file. They will back pay to the start of the 91st day for sure and possibly to the actual date you physically seperated BUT keep in mind whomever was receiving it before will be required to pay it back if there's any cross over with coverage/seperation dates.

I don't think the OP is a new caregiver, it sounds to me that they are just wanting to update their marital status with CTB to separated. This can be done once you've been separated for 90 days. CTB will then recalculate your benefits to exclude your former spouse's income which will increase your monthly CTB. And yes they will back pay for the 90 day period. You need to submit a completed RC65 form to CTB which is available from the CRA website.

Is shared with first ex husband. This separation is with someone who I have no children with. Does this make a difference at all?

rantyrae said "Is shared with first ex husband. This separation is with someone who I have no children with. Does this make a difference at all? "

I used to work in the CTB program. I think I understand what you're asking.  
 
When determining the CTB, there's actually 2 parts. One is the [i]eligibility[/i], meaning whether or not you meet the legal requirements to receive the CTB. It i:ncludes things like: do the kids live with you? Are you a Canadian citizen, etc? Are you their primary caregiver? Are the kids in a shared custody arrangment? Etc.  
 
The other part is the entitlement, meaning how much you'll receive based on factors like family income, family size, province of residence, ages of children, etc. Lots of people can be [i]eligible[/i] without being [i]entitled[/i], usually due to income.  
 
If you have already reported the shared custody agreement/arrangement to the CRA and it's been updated accordingly, there will be no changes in that respect. Your eligibility should remained unchanged.  
 
(If you haven't already reported the shared custody arrangement to the CRA, you should. The wording on the website makes it sounds like it's now an obligation.)  
 
The only thing that will change after your 90-day waiting period (from the current/most recent spouse) is that the new spouse's income will be excluded from the calculation, and it will be based on yours alone. That means your entitlement changes, even if your eligibility doesn't.  
 
And yes, they will backpay you to the initial date of separation. Don't let them use your address for anything if they're not living there, or else you may find yourself in a position where you're needing to prove he's not living there (if you get his mail, send it back, tell him to change his address with CRA, etc).

That really helps, thank you!