Legal Aid - whats included in their calculations

[brandy7]

Ive had a letter off my solicitor to say that my sons DLA is counted as income in my Legal Aid. He was awarded it 2 months ago. Im a bit cheesed off, as my ex keeps taking me back to court and i didnt think the money my son has been awarded to make life easier could effectively be taken away if i go over the threshold for Legal Aid

Also our Child Tax Credits went up as well because of having the disability element added on.

What exactly is included, anyone know. Are Child Tax credits classed as income and child benefit

Thanks

I was under the impression that dla is not taxable but carers allowance is. Ask again.

oh really tufty, i hope so, i dont mind the carers allowance being included because i spose that is paid as your job to care

just checked out this booklet

it says

"If you need more information about what counts
as income, capital and allowances and how we
assess financial eligibility:
? phone us on 0800 085 6643; or
? visit www.clsdirect.org.uk, which has an
online legal aid calculator. This calculator asks
questions that enable you to find out whether
you are likely to be financially eligible."

thanks for the link, i tried the calculator and couldnt get it to work, il have to wait and see what solicitor comes back with. got court end of october, so have to represent myself if worse comes to worst, scarey!