Legal aid if you have capital

If you have disposable capital (savings) of over £8,000, you won’t get legal aid. Disposable capital includes:

money in the bank
valuable items
the value of your home (if you own it). This depends on how much the property is worth and how much your mortgage is.
You have to include your partner’s capital unless your partner is the person who you are in dispute with.

If you are getting Legal Representation and your disposable capital is under £3,000, you won’t have to pay a contribution towards the costs of your case.

If you have more than £3,000 of disposable capital, you will have to pay a contribution towards the costs of your case. This contribution has to be paid straight away and it will be all of the capital you have over £3,000 up to the total cost of the legal advice.

If you own a home

If you own a home, it will be considered as capital. However, not all the value of your home will be taken into account. You can deduct your mortgage or any charges on your home, up to a maximum of £100,000. This is called mortgage disregard. You can also deduct 3% of the market value of your home (the amount for which it could be sold for on the open market) for sales costs.

Example

The market value of your home is £150,000.

Your mortgage is £90,000.

3 % for sale costs = £4,500.

The capital that’s taken into account is £55,500 (£150,000 – £4,500 – £90,000).

If you jointly owned the property, and you owned an equal half, your capital would be £27,500 (half of £55,500).

Hi Sheila , thank you for your kind words , who said I don’t have a job , I said I chose to not work full time so I can devote more time on the battle with my boys! So check your facts , I assume you are now living of the money you and my boys spokesperson tried to get from your ex partner when he through you out on the street ,

So why did my boys spokes person get me to write a letter to your council to try and get you a house when you where on the street , I have a copy that I can post here if you like with the email from the spokes person telling me to pretend I have known you all your life !

If you want to sling mud in public just let me know, happy to help you destroy your reputation

Night , night troll , you bore me to be honest

Good afternoon little men….

Hope you both are doing great ! I see the weather is still a issue in the UK , hope you two muppets are safe and warm…..

It’s a really nice day here , Sunny and cool , so the perfect day for relaxing, Oupa left early this morning for his bike outing, and Ouma and I have just been taking it easy…. I must say I feel a lot better this morning so let’s hope that continues for a bit….. Will not hold my breath….

Am doing bits of my admin to make sure I don’t get behind, I am almost done with the script for the video being made in the UK re us and the family law Courts , least I have some video clips of you both so that should help a lot….makes me smile the little clips of you both, I think in my mind you are still that age as I have not been allowed to see you both really the past year …. I guess all that means is that you both will always be my little boys even when you are old and wrinkly….lol……

I hope you two had a fun Friday night , we had Aunty E pop in for a couple of hours , she sends all her love, I think she still has nightmares of your hand made silk christening gowns and hats and shoe she made for you , she was telling me last night each line of the crystals took her over 18 hours… You both I am sure have no memory of these but don’t stress I have both your sets so maybe when you both have little ones one day you can use these gowns…. For their christenings….. Would be a nice family tradition, maybe the only one us 3 will ever have…..

If I am feeling up to it in the morning I think a muffin from Mug and Bean might be on the cards , you both will love them , they are huge and baked fresh the whole day , I love the banana ones , yes , yes I know , banana milk shakes and muffins but yet I don’t like eating real bananas , strange that , lol , guess I am just a food freak , lol …..

Well champs I hope you two will have a nice afternoon and evening, hope you get to do something fun or exciting as little men should…..

Night , night little champs , happy fruit dreams …..lol

Love you both mega lots and miss you extra more …..

Love you little men….

Dad xx

Please note some bad langue , and I do not know how how to edit things …

Good afternoon little men…

Happy Valentines day little Romeos ,,lol , hope you both have packed a big bag full of red roses for all the nice ladies at school….. I hope you both are having a great day full of love and learning at school with all your teachers and little friends…..

I have been up as I guess you have seen since about 4 am , don’t know why I am feeling so poorly as I should be feeling better already…been man down today , least it is nice and cool here , don’t think I would have been able to coupe with the heat today …. Tomorrow is another day , so onwards and upwards,

Ouma makes me laugh, I think she is ready to have her black velvet outfit dry cleaned when I have bad days like today…..

I think I am going to have to take it easy this weekend as I have a fair bit to sort next week so need to be on top of my game for that……

They are building next door the last couple of days and I must say I have had enough of power tools going and hammers banging , lol , feels like the apartment we rented for the Dubai “family ” holiday before you both were born , non stop construction noise…..

Don’t know what you two rebels have planned for the weekend but I hope the weather will be a little better so maybe you two can take B&B for a walk or a play in the park ….or maybe give your new bikes ago…. Whatever it might be I hope it will be great fun , safe and lots of happy times……

O before I forget your blog is at 6000 hits now and around 120 comments and 30 Countries , I am still a little shocked at the amount of people that have take such a keen interest in your story over the past 3 months ….Just shows how much people care…..the world is not always all bad little men , no matter what people try and tell you , always remember that ! If we do not see the positive in things I think the world will be a very sad place…..

Am missing you both loads today ……and love you both even bigger loads , today and always……

See you both a little later under our big old green tree in dream land , bringing you big warm bear cuddles…..

Night , night champs , happy fun weekend playtime dreams …..

Love you both all the cars and trucks in the world full and miss you ten times more ……

Love you little men……

Dad xx