Widow's Pension

cavyslave

Why did you feel the need to nose through my previous posts?

What business is it of yours how I prepared for the "transitional period"?

I'd thank you to refrain from commenting any further on my post, I find you a very rude individual.

nannytone_2

cavyslave wrote: »

Why did you feel the need to nose through my previous posts?

What business is it of yours how I prepared for the "transitional period"?

I'd thank you to refrain from commenting any further on my post, I find you a very rude individual.

youre being incredibly defensive, which gives the impression ( rightly or wrongly) that you have something to hide.

as has been mentioned, [previous posts can give a better insight into the problems you are facing.

yes, someone could ask more questions but may have to wait hours/days for that question to be answered.

YOU came here to ask for advice, but don't appear to like it when people try to give it

it is a horrible situation to be in when you lose such an important person in yours and your sons lives, but after 10 years you should be in a position to find a way forward.

the fact that you are only just starting to consider counselling for your son would indicate that you have buried your head in the sand to some degree.

instead of gaining more voluntary work, it is time to look for paid work instead

xylophone

to nose through my previous posts?

"Nose through" a public forum?

What business is it of yours how I prepared for the "transitional period"?

I didn't ask how you prepared.

I find you a very rude individual.

Please indicate how and where I have been rude?

And do you not consider that there is an element of hyperbole in

Am I just to starve until then?

cavyslave

Another judgemental person I see. I don't have anything to hide, I simply asked if I would be transferred onto JSA when my widowed parents allowance ended and I have people nosing through my previous threads, sarcastically suggesting that perhaps I don't need to work, telling me I should have planned for this, that I need to get a job, that perhaps I have something to hide.....

When did I ask for people's views on my personal life? Perhaps a simple 'Yes, you will be transferred into JSA if you haven't got a job' would have sufficed?

Spendless

cavyslave wrote: »

Another judgemental person I see. I don't have anything to hide, I simply asked if I would be transferred onto JSA when my widowed parents allowance ended and I have people nosing through my previous threads, sarcastically suggesting that perhaps I don't need to work, telling me I should have planned for this, that I need to get a job, that perhaps I have something to hide.....

When did I ask for people's views on my personal life? Perhaps a simple 'Yes, you will be transferred into JSA if you haven't got a job' would have sufficed?

To be fair the question that started this was 'Is there a reason why you can't job seek now?'

ie- Find a job before your widow parents allowance ends and avoid being subject to the becoming ever stricter rules of claiming JSA.

p00hsticks

cavyslave wrote: »

Perhaps a simple 'Yes, you will be transferred into JSA if you haven't got a job' would have sufficed?

Except that's not the correct answer.
If you want to look for a job then you can apply for JSA (or possibly Universal Credit, depending on the rollout timetable).

You won't be automatically transferred to it and you will need to fufil the job seeking requirements in order to qualify for it.

paddedjohn

Roll on the time that these too generous widows allowances are capped, I know some help is needed when the main breadwinner is suddenly taken away but a year at the most should suffice for the family to adjust to being a single parent family.

rockingbilly

cavyslave wrote: »

That's correct, but probate is going to take at least a year according to the solicitor. Am I just to starve until then? Honestly you people are so rude, I ask a simple question and I have others going through my posts and digging up stuff which has nothing to do with them. Shame on you!

Oh and FYI - I've been suffering with PTSD and severe anxiety/depression since the death of my husband and my son has suffered dreadfully growing up without a dad. I just hope none of you have to go through the same things me and my son have been through over the past 10 years.

Am I right in understanding this? 10 years ago your husband died leaving substantial savings in his name along with a property that brought the value of the estate up to £750,000?
And in that 10 year period nothing has happened regarding the disposal of the estate? It is unusual for an estate not to be wound up within 12 months of death (commonly known at the executors year) And in that time frame you have not received anything from the estate?

Either the solicitor is taking his/her time or there are very difficult legal matters to overcome.

Surely the executor would make a provisional distribution to help you out?

jellie

rockingbilly wrote: »

Am I right in understanding this? 10 years ago your husband died leaving substantial savings in his name along with a property that brought the value of the estate up to £750,000?
And in that 10 year period nothing has happened regarding the disposal of the estate?

No, that thread about probate wasn't referring to the OP's husband, but to someone who passed away late last year. The OP is a beneficiary of that person's estate.

Tommo1980

They're dropping like flies!