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Will and benefits...

Silvermazda · 2008-12-28 20:50:42

I just need your advice. At the moment, I am full time student and my partner is on Incapacity Benefit and also work part time. We have responsible paying mortgage. One of my family have been passed away and she gave me the will with a big lump of sum. I do not want this money pay straight away into our mortgage because if…

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tom9980 Posts: 1,990 Forumite

29 December 2008 at 1:20PM

So you work part time and a student?

Your partner gets Incapacity Benefit?

Do you get any other benefits?

Unless there are other benefits you havent told us about you can keep the money and it wont stop your partner getting her Incapacity Benefit. Its only for means tested benefits that this money matters and so would not be considered fraud.

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