Husband Is Leaving Me - Claiming Housing Benefit & Council Tax Relief

RAS

raphanius wrote: »

no i havent paid any rent yet or signed a contract

Good. Keep it that way until you move out.

Do you have the money to pay a deposit on another house?

duchy

Why are YOU ferrying the child back and forth ?

raphanius

RAS wrote: »

Do you have the money to pay a deposit on another house?

no i havent the cash to move

raphanius

duchy wrote: »

Why are YOU ferrying the child back and forth ?

neither of us drive a car

specialboy

duchy wrote: »

Why are YOU ferrying the child back and forth ?

Maybe because she wants her boy to see his Dad.

quidsy

but maybe dad could do some of the ferrying himself, presuming he is interested in seeing his boy?

pelirocco

quidsy wrote: »

but maybe dad could do some of the ferrying himself, presuming he is interested in seeing his boy?

Didnt she say the dad was partially sighted ?

specialboy

Why are people questioning her arrangements regarding her bit and her soon to be ex? If she wants to take the kid to him then that's her prerogative, nothing to do with anyone else, nowhere on here has the OP said he's a bad dad or even a bad person.

quidsy

She stated that having to run her kid around to his dads was a reason why she couldn't move further away.

Partially sighted means many things & as the ex does the child care whilst the op works, one would hope his vision isn't so bad that he is a danger looking after the child & if he is capable of that then he should be capable of getting on a bus or train is neccessary.

The op works, is now expected to pay rent on a previously free property AND run her kid to & from the ex's in order for her to keep that job & to pay that rent, so it is not unreasonable to expect that he do some runing around instead, epeicially as he is unemployed & op is expecting zero child maintenance contributions from him.

raphanius

i think i mentioned he doesnt get benefits for his eyesight problem which means hes fairly well sighted as far as the RNIB go. he has always been a good dad and looked after our son while i worked. his disability doesnt impare him that much. it does make it difficult for him to use public transport though reading bus numbers for example so he usually walks everywhere.