Hi kizzime

It's unlikely that your trustee would seek copy payslips etc from your husband, although you do have an obligation to provide accurate information on the household income and expenditure review to assess what percentage is contributed by you.

I'm not sure if you previously resided together when the initial review was carried out or if you are only now residing together and therefore he now contributes to household expenditure. Can you confirm.

The bottom line in these matters is that he would be expected to contribute to household expenses etc, however would have use of his own money for his own expenses etc.

Mark

Is your contribution based on you paying just a proportion of your household costs, such as rent etc, or the whole amount? It should be the former, as your husband should also be contributing to bills, so if this has changed since you signed your trust Deed then you really should make your Trustee aware, kizzime.

Thank you for the responses. I got married and then we moved in together so bills etc were my full responsibility since taking out the PTD. He works on a temporary contract and therefore his income may not be guaranteed and he is not entitled to benefits, can you confirm how they would view this?

Hi kizzime.

If your partner's income can be sporadic then some flexibility might have to be applied by the trustee.

However, when he's earning he'd be expected to contribute towards household bills.

The net effect of that would be that it should be affordable for you to contribute more to the trust deed when he's earning.

If that hasn't been happening the risk is that you build up arrears when this is discovered.