Hello, I'm separating from my partner and buying her out of her equity in our jointly-owned property. If my ex-partner moves back to Scotland to the area she's originally from (where she'll have support from family and friends) and buys a house outright with her share of the equity, would she be entitled to benefits (JSA, universal credit etc) if she can't find work immediately? She works 21 hours a week down here, but there's no guarantee that her company will find her a job to transfer to up in Scotland, so the crux of the issue is, would she be judged to have made herself "deliberately unemployed" by moving away?
She would find it impossible to work the required 30 hours a week (if such hours were available from her existing employer or any other employer due to health issues with anxiety and depression), so she won't be able to get working tax credits
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Here you'll find divorce help and support from other Mners. For legal advice, you may find Advice Now guides useful.
Divorce/separation
Deliberate unemployment and access to benefits
12 replies
FleshLiabilities · 22/04/2019 19:53
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.