Separated, but she''s living in my house - my right

Rights are a funny concept. At the moment it would appear that she believes her rights are to force the house into repossession and get her husband into bankruptcy and a bad credit score.

Won''t affect her credit as her name isn''t on the mortgage but it will already be affecting his as he is two months in arrears.

I also think both she and her solicitors are on very dodgy ground when she is in receipt of housing benefit and not paying it for housing benefit - taxonomy of fraud.

It is interesting if you read back to the previous comments you posted on this thread.

She believes her right is to remain in the marital home. And she is correct.

Which comments are you referring to exactly? Just because she is an evil wench does not mean she does not have rights.

We went to see someone from the Council about housing benefits - I said as she is living there could she apply for housing benefits to pay for the mortgage.

They said as the house is in my sole name it is my responsibility to pay the mortgage unless we agree otherwise, but she can apply for housing benefits to assist with bill payments, house repairs/ maintenance etc, so she now has that added income!

To be honest, I probably need to clear it up with a solicitor as I''m not sure how accurate the Council guy was.

Doesn''t sound like the council guy was that accurate, if you only have s word for it I dubt very much she is getting extra random money towards bills, maintenence etc. she very possibly has her council tax paid for, and if she is on a low income she might get healthy start vouchers (worth a few quid per child per week) free school meals and the like. There are one off grants and special loans she can apply for if she is despereate for money eg the boiler goes or something, but these are not regular forms of income. sounds to me a bit like the council guy was winding you up with ill informed chitchat about all the stuff these single mums are entitled to.

Housing benefit is only for rent, often paid directly to the landlord. So she isn''t eligible for that. And as you were told. She isn''t eligible for mortgage relief either as it is your mortgage.