i am a lone parent getting €225 a week and im hoping to start getting €50 maintenance from my childs father soon. my child is 19 months and my ex has been involved for afew months at a time paying money SOME weeks and then he disappears for months again without any contact or maintenance.
- if i recieve €50 how will my lone parents be assesed??? from what iv read im guessing my lone parents would be cut by €25
- also my parents have given me the old family home which will be signed over to me. i have haven out a loan of €7000 for renovations eg. central heating, new windows...... would this be seen as some kind of morgage (€31 repayments a week) for the assesments for maintenance???
- while my ex was involved and paying money he refused to give any information for me to declare the maintenace to social welfare so what will happen if i tell them this? i knew the money would stop when he became bored of our child so taught it would be best not to have my lone parents cut and then not recieving the maintenance.