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Hi, my name is alfieparry! Will my benefits be effected by my mothers will?

alfieparry
alfieparry Community member Posts: 5 Listener
hi i need help if any one knows what to do please,i am a carer for my son who 22 years old ,he has autisum with learning difficulties,he gets pip,universal credit,i get help from the goverment,but my problem is that my very old mother has got me down in her will ,so when she does die i will get money ,but it will effect my status as a carer and the help i get,if she leaves it for my son the same thing will happen,does any one know what i can do ,thank you

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  • ShirleyW
    ShirleyW Community member Posts: 355 Pioneering
    hi i need help if any one knows what to do please,i am a carer for my son who 22 years old ,he has autisum with learning difficulties,he gets pip,universal credit,i get help from the goverment,but my problem is that my very old mother has got me down in her will ,so when she does die i will get money ,but it will effect my status as a carer and the help i get,if she leaves it for my son the same thing will happen,does any one know what i can do ,thank you
    What benefits are you claiming for yourself as well as Carer's Allowance?

    Do you know how much the inheritance might be?

    An increase in savings won't affect PIP or Carer's Allowance.  
  • alfieparry
    alfieparry Community member Posts: 5 Listener
    hi shirley,i get income support,help with the rent,council tax reduction,between my self and my 2 brothers a around 50.000 pounds any ideas,thanks
  • Hannah_Scope
    Hannah_Scope Posts: 5,954 Disability Gamechanger
    Hello @alfieparry

    Just commenting to let you know, I popped your post in our Benefits and Financial Support section of the forum, in case anyone else has been through the same and can see this then :) 
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  • ShirleyW
    ShirleyW Community member Posts: 355 Pioneering
    hi shirley,i get income support,help with the rent,council tax reduction,between my self and my 2 brothers a around 50.000 pounds any ideas,thanks
    So you are probably going to receive over £16,000.  That amount will definitely affect your means tested benefits, which are Income Support, Housing Benefit (rent help), and Council Tax Reduction.

    I don't know enough about the rules for Capital and those benefits but now that the information is in your thread one of the more knowledgeable posters will be along to help you.
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 49,744 Disability Gamechanger
    edited January 30
    Savings of more than £16,000 will end any means tested benefits you're claiming. This includes housing benefit, Income Support and council tax reduction. PIP and carers allowance continues as normal because they're not means tested. Please be aware that some Local Authorities have a savings limit of £6,000 before entitlement to council tax reduction ends.

    Once your savings go below £16,000 you can claim Universal Credit. This will then include help with any rent. For every £250 or part there of over £6,000 there's a £4.35/month deduction for UC.

    Your son's UC will not be affected because of any savings you have. If they have savings/capital of more than £16,000 then the same rules apply to him.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
  • alfieparry
    alfieparry Community member Posts: 5 Listener
    if the money was left to my son ,can i put it in a trust for him
  • woodbine
    woodbine Community member Posts: 10,458 Disability Gamechanger
    I'm not sure why you would be looking for ideas so that you don't get the money and keep your benefits, take the money and support yourself would be my advice, I know it's not what you want to hear and it's just my opinion.
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  • JBS2022
    JBS2022 Scope Member Posts: 2,075 Disability Gamechanger
    If you son has a £50,000 inheritance he would be able to use that money to support himself for a period of time, his PIP would continue anyway, it wouldn't be fair to carry on recieving means tested benefits if he has a large sum of cash. I've never understood why people with substantial sums of cash want to keep getting benefits, it comes across as greed.
    Life is better in a fishtank  🐟
  • ShirleyW
    ShirleyW Community member Posts: 355 Pioneering
    JBS2022 said:
    If you son has a £50,000 inheritance he would be able to use that money to support himself for a period of time, his PIP would continue anyway, it wouldn't be fair to carry on recieving means tested benefits if he has a large sum of cash. I've never understood why people with substantial sums of cash want to keep getting benefits, it comes across as greed.
    I understood the Opening Poster to say that the inheritance is approximately £50,000 split between himself and his two brothers.  Therefore about £16,666 each not £50,000 each.
  • JBS2022
    JBS2022 Scope Member Posts: 2,075 Disability Gamechanger
    ShirleyW said:
    JBS2022 said:
    If you son has a £50,000 inheritance he would be able to use that money to support himself for a period of time, his PIP would continue anyway, it wouldn't be fair to carry on recieving means tested benefits if he has a large sum of cash. I've never understood why people with substantial sums of cash want to keep getting benefits, it comes across as greed.
    I understood the Opening Poster to say that the inheritance is approximately £50,000 split between himself and his two brothers.  Therefore about £16,666 each not £50,000 each.
    Ok yep my mistake, but comment still stands, I don't think they can carry on claiming means tested benefits regardless due to £16,000 limit. Even if it's slightly less than that benefits are reduced based on savings so would barely receive anything except PIP. 
    Life is better in a fishtank  🐟
  • alfieparry
    alfieparry Community member Posts: 5 Listener
    sorry folks ,my mother is still alive,i hope she lives for many more years,i was just wondering when the time happens what to do thats all.
  • alfieparry
    alfieparry Community member Posts: 5 Listener
    it would be 16,666 pounds not 50.000 sorry my fault

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