Hi newbie and looking for advice please

mummy9kids

Hi im a mum of 9...me and my husband split in 2008. He was living in families houses in another town. In Feb this year i got a job and started earning. Obviously i still got a lot of tax credits and help. My husband started staying to look after the children but we were not a couple. I did an online calculation and it showed i would be getting any extra as he wasnt earning so didnt say anything as i wasnt sure how it was going to go. I go school stuff sorted and was going to ring them but then i had a letter saying that they wated wages slips bank statements etc. I sent and the man rang saying he was happy with those but that as my husbands bank account was still at this address he wanted proof that hes been living elswhere.

Ive drafted a letter telling the truth but am wondering what will happen after ive sent it? will my money stop? Ive not had any overpayments off them but i hadnt informed them

Caz3121

Where is your husband listed on the electoral roll. Where is he listed as living with the job centre? It may be difficult to prove you are not still together if he does not have another address

skibadee

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I'm abit confused....you weren't/arent a couple so what exactly were you trying to calculate????

chris1973

Why, after 3 years is his bank details still registered at your address?, if he's presumably, updated all of the addresses in relation to bills and his other personal affairs over to his current address, why have his bank details been missed?

To be honest, if i'd had split with a partner, even amicably, three years ago, the last thing i'd want is my personal financial still affairs being sent around there.

If he's living with friends / family, he probably can't produce any Council Tax bills in his name, but is there any other 'official' documentation he can produce with his current address for you to send / take?. HMCE Documents?, Driving License?, Car Insurance certificate, Car Registration Cert (V5)? - producing as many of the above as possible would be of great help to your situation in proving that he does reside at a different address.

McKneff

My husband started staying to look after the children but we were not a couple.

The DWP will deem your a couple, you saying you are not a couple will not wash with the DWP, if he is staying at yours and you are connected by bank accounts ets. and you are claiming benefits as a single parent you are committing fraud, full stop,

If this is the case, someone will shop you, you will be watched, expect a letter to attend an interview under caution.

My apologies if I have read this wrong, but its how it has come over.

choccybikkie_2

Sorry, doesn't matter if you weren't 'together' if he's staying/living with you he would be expected to be contributing to the household and you would have to declare him living there!