widows benefit and new partner?

smartie83

Hi can anyone tell me the affect widows benefit has on living with a new partner but not being married. thanks

anguk

I could be wrong but I think it stops if you remarry or live with a new partner.

Morglin

You lose it if you live with someone or remarry:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Bereaved/DG_10018684

Lin

Oldernotwiser

Widows Benefit doesn't exist anymore.

AsknAnswer2

If it's widowed parents allowance that you mean, you will no longer be entitled to it in those circumstances.

NickyBat

It's called Bereavement Allowance and is paid for 52 weeks, if you co-habitate or marry it stops.

AsknAnswer2

NickyBat wrote: »

It's called Bereavement Allowance and is paid for 52 weeks, if you co-habitate or marry it stops.

There is a bereavement allowance, yes. There is also a widowed parents allowance. They are two very different things and it isn't clear from the OP which one it is, as she states 'widow's benefit'. Either way it ceases if the claimant takes a new partner.

She may actually be receiving 'widow's benefit' (in the form of widowed mothers allowance or widow's pension) if her spouse died after 11th April 1998 but prior to 9th April 2001; there has been no migration for claims awarded prior to 9/4/01. Again, same applies in that it ceases if the claimant takes a new partner.

Mojisola

AsknAnswer2 wrote: »

Again, same applies in that it ceases if the claimant takes a new partner.

Is this just if the claimant marries or does living together as a couple count?

anguk

Mojisola wrote: »

Is this just if the claimant marries or does living together as a couple count?

Living together as a couple or married, in both cases you'd lose widow's benefits.