I hope someone here can clarify this as I'm sure this isn't right!
One single mum with a child has a boyfriend who lives a couple of hundred miles away, never lived together. Boyfriend isn't father of child. He works, she doesn't.
Said couple are talking of marriage in 3 months time but boyfriend is waiting to transfer to "future wife" through work. No time limit, its whenever a post comes up!
Now, they are both convinced that despite getting married in her home town, she can continue to claim benefits as a single person (although the little girl turns 5 very soon, so I suppose it'll be jsa). Their case being "we don't live together".
Surely this is incorrect, legally as well as morally?!? Won't he have a financial obligation to her as her husband?
One single mum with a child has a boyfriend who lives a couple of hundred miles away, never lived together. Boyfriend isn't father of child. He works, she doesn't.
Said couple are talking of marriage in 3 months time but boyfriend is waiting to transfer to "future wife" through work. No time limit, its whenever a post comes up!
Now, they are both convinced that despite getting married in her home town, she can continue to claim benefits as a single person (although the little girl turns 5 very soon, so I suppose it'll be jsa). Their case being "we don't live together".
Surely this is incorrect, legally as well as morally?!? Won't he have a financial obligation to her as her husband?