'Separated' statutory declaration template/wording

silvercar

And that is enough to get your income discounted for student finance purposes?

I would have thought that they would want some external proof like council tax statements or it is too easy.

Valli

silvercar wrote: »

And that is enough to get your income discounted for student finance purposes?

I would have thought that they would want some external proof like council tax statements or it is too easy.

as soon as the ex Mr Valli left I contacted the council for discount on my council tax - and they took my word for it - no-one EVER checked.
If the declaration were completed with intent to defraud then there would be legal recourse;)

mintymoneysaver

Student finance have just accepted my council tax bill as proof of separation.

mintymoneysaver

Ignore my previous reply. Student finance after agreeing my daughter's loan and grant, and sending her all the paperwork, have now changed their minds and won't accept it, as it doesn't actually say 'single person' on it, it says 25% disregard, and according to them someone else is still registered here ( only my daughter, who is the bloomin' student in question!) I am now having to rush round getting a signed declaration, so my suggestion to anyone else reading this thread is go straight for that ( it's costing me £25) rather than risk being messed around like I have been for the past 4 months!

P.S I'm going to the local magistrate's court to do mine, probably cheaper than a solicitor.

Aanishchauhan

Hi guys, I am in the very late stages of completing my student finance application and need to send in the last few bits.

My parents have separated and I need proof of this to supply to Student Finance England, in the form of a Statutory Declaration however due to certain circumstance we are not willing to fork out in excess of £100 for a couple of lines typed up by a solicitor.

My dad has an appointment with a solicitor on monday to get the declaration sworn by but this has meant we have to type up our own declaration, I have done this but have been stumped by the addresses I need to put. Will i need to put my mums current address anywhere in here?

Below is where I am at:

'Statutory Declaration

I, (father name) of (fathers current address) do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:

I was married to (wife name) of (which address do I put here?) on 12/03/93.

I have been separated from (wife name) of (which address do i put here?) since 29/12/12 and she has not lived at the matrimonial home since that date.

I make this solemn declaration believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835.

Signed:

Declared at:

on the Monday day of August 2013, 12/08/13,

before me:'

Furthermore would this be sufficient enough for a solicitor to sign and be accepted by Student Finance England as proof of my father's now separated marital status? Any help would be much appreciated and any further additions or indeed improvements.

Thanks in advance

kayhaha

Hi,

has this actually worked for anyone? Any reply would be grateful, very desperate to know

Thanks

tongclub60

Student finance have just accepted my council tax bill as proof of separation.

X_File

My daughter is in her 3rd year of university, and it has been a bit of an adventure for her for all the right and wrong reasons. When she went to uni we were under financial difficulties, but we were told we did not qualify for a grant or any assistance, due to me earning to much. a few months later my husband was made bankrupt, and during a chaotic 2 weeks we lost our home. With the help of my parents I manged to help her through the first year. She found a job for the second year and that coupled with me having my proceeds of the house sale and still working I thought we would be ok. So two weeks into the second year, her father leaves us without warning and having emptied our bank accounts, now at the start of her 3rd year I have been made redundant, can I now make a retrospective claim for her 2nd and 3rd years to get the assistance grant? Does anyone have any information or ideas?

Gazza14

Hello sorry to be a pain. I am rubbish on line so could you please email me a copy of the stat Dec form please?? I'm getting desperate trying to sort my daughters finance out before places are taken.
Thanks
Gazza14

jackieblack

Gazza14 wrote: »

Hello sorry to be a pain. I am rubbish on line so could you please email me a copy of the stat Dec form please?? I'm getting desperate trying to sort my daughters finance out before places are taken.
Thanks
Gazza14

There is no form or set wording, the declaration just needs to include the names of both parties, the fact that you have separated and the date this happened. I also put that we were the parents of (daughter's name) at that she was a student at (name of university) enrolled on (name of course). The solicitor suggested I add the statement that we have no intention of reconciling, but I'm not sure that SFE required that.
The wording in post #16 looks pretty good to me.