benefit fraud again??

[birminghamgirl]

ok I know this is none of my business. I just can't understand it really -

A man I know has at least £250,000 cash and owns a flat and a house outright. He has his two school age children 40% of the time and his ex has them 60% of the time.

She got a generous divorce settlement. Out of court he bought her a house and gives her around £500.

She doesn't work but I think she is looking but their 2 kids get free school meals. I don't get it - surely this can't be right when they are with their wealthy father 40% of time and she has no mortgage etc

MitchyInge she doesn't want him to

Ok, cross post.

No they don't, he pays his bit as calculated by CSA or whatever and that is it. IF they DID make him pay then he (and many others) would be howling about how they pay and then pay and then pay some more...

WhyHavePets - no I'm not - I wouldn't dream of it! I am wondering about the benefits system

Perhaps she feels he gives her enough!

She still needs to:-

Feed and clothe the children
Pay electricity bills
Put petrol in the car
Meet repair bills
Plus anything else which comes in which she is not entitled to help with.

Maybe she is well and truly entitled to free school meals. It's good of your brother to offer but maybe she feels he pays enough.

Man. I so badly want to start a new thread - AIBU to have two horses, a modestly sized LCD tv, a convertible AND a 4x4, smoke 40 a day, drink too much wine, shop at Waitrose and claim BENEFITS (ESA and dla)?

But I can't start threads due to some weird new glitch on here.

Actually his income must be pretty low, £500 a month for how many children?

that's what he agreed with her as he was going to have the children 40% of time and he bought the house for her.

The children don't live with their dad, so they are her responsibility and whether he has them for an hour or three nights a week is between them.

I do not know if there is a cut off point, but when applying for benefits, they do not take maintenance payments into consideration - much to my dismay.

I should think that as pps have said, free school meals must come part and parcel with Income Support/JSA

Fuck me, another one

Free school meals will also apply if claiming tax credits (child) and £125 a week for 2 dc is fair..... Actually will work out as slightly less than that over the 52 weeks.

And CSS may well have calculated he should pay more

Gawd. It never stops, does it?

OP, your bro sounds like a reasonable person and so does his ex. The system isn't devised to evaluate each & every individual situation and the changes they go through - it's devised to stop people falling too far below the poverty line. It's a system, not a moral benchmark.

Perhaps your ex-SIL wants to ensure her kids get school meals, even if bro doesn't pay up. In her situation, I probably would.

You sound jealous, it's none of your business, so mind your own. People like you get my goat.