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Naomiix

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So I was invited for an interview -

My partner now husband moves and worked in Germany when we split up he never changed his English addresses from mine as it just made sense for me to receive his mail and give him it when he was visiting kids ect. (I now know to Absolutely do not do this ever!)

He was paying money into my account (bills) which was money for the car we both had in finance which I used to drive the kids to and from school in the next town over and the kids stuff ect.

Car insurance was in his name and me as named driver purely because it was to expensive me having it in my name we have always been amicable.

We then proceeded to be quite “On and off” whilst he was away which resulted in me getting pregnant

So in the December he comes back for Xmas we find out sex of baby ect and he proposes. (We’ve been together for 11 years at this point since I was 16 and he was 21) I say yes because ofcourse he will always be the one for me.

Few fall outs later he goes back to Germany.

Within the time I got student finance which I didn’t let housing benefit know about (bit lapse and naive but I assumed it was a loan as I’m repaying it I wouldn’t need to tell them)

So now I’m here just twiddling thumbs wondering what’s going to happen

They’re claiming that because my now hubby didn’t change his address and paid into my account he was living with me. Even though he was living in another county paying his own way there.

I work for my local county council within the youth department and if I get convicted of fraud I will be struck off I can’t even imagine my face being spread round with the label fraud either Its got me so down! :(
 
You need some documentary evidence that he was resident in Germany then? If he was renting accomodation, working etc can you get proof of that?
Yeah they have it his addresses over there, they company ect but they’re saying that even though he was there he was still registered here so it doesn’t count
 
Should be able to fight the single occupancy/not cohabiting thing by demonstrating he was overseas for majority of time. In terms of payments he made to you, were these equal to the car finance payments or greater than?

Worth getting somebody to have a proper look at everything, CAB or law centre, but based on what you've said you have a decent case. Relationships are complicated and if he was overseas majority of time and only paying you to cover a car loan or HP or whatever then doesn't demonstrate anything you've done wrong. Student loan I dunno about. Good luck.
 
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