Help With Filling Out A Fee Remission Form Please!!

[lsharp]

hi there
im currently filling out a fee remission form as i am taking my ex to court for a contact order so will be applying for a c100.
anyway....i no that i qualify for remission 1 which is all fees covered as i receive income support but there are a few questions im stuck on and hopefully someone can help me to answer them seems as i can never get through to the court for help!

question 1) my child benefit award letter is dated feb 2012 as they do not send them out frequently will this be ok as it only says a letter no date that it has to be within.

question 2) the question on the form is "what is the contrary interest?" what is my answer lol....im single parent.

question 3) disposable capital threshold for this fee? I have no savings etc but still cannot work out what to put as it says to follow a table in the help section but that makes no sense either!!

question 4) Do i have to send proof of child maintenance payments as myself and my ex partner do not have anything in place just a family agreement but nothing is signed, no CSA etc

sorry to sound so thick and please do not send me the 90 page help section as i have read that and it makes no sense to me lol

thank you xx

[Buenchico]

1. The information on page 13 of the notes states that the document you use to prove that you're in receipt of benefit must be no more than 3 months old. So it seems that you'll have to try to get a new letter.

2. From your previous post it seems unlikely that you're living with your children's father so, unless you're married to him, your status is 'Single'. (See page 7 of the notes). Therefore the 'contrary interest' part does not apply.

3. The 'disposable capital threshold' is provided by the table on page 11. As the normal court fee would be £215 (i.e. less than £1000), the disposable capital threshold that you must fill in is thus £3000.

4. You're applying for 'Remission 1' (i.e. full remission of the fee based upon the fact that you're in receipt of a relevant benefit) and not 'Remission 2' (full or partial remission of the fee based solely upon a low income). Only applicants for 'Remission 2' need to provide proof of income (since the fact that you're in receipt of Income Support makes it clear to the court that you've obviously got a low income anyway). So you don't need to submit anything about maintenance payments.

[lsharp]

hi thanks for your response...i have filled out everything but are you sure number 3 is correct as i assume that means how much savings i have?

[Buenchico]

>>>are you sure number 3 is correct

Yes!

Question 4 (as it appears on the form) asks firstly what the relevant court fee is. (Answer = £215). Then it asks you to fill in the maximum amount that you're allowed to have in savings in order to qualify for remission of that fee. (Answer = £3000). That's to ensure that you know what you're answering when you reach "Is your disposable capital below the threshold you have entered in the box above?". Assuming that your savings come to less than £3000 your answer is then 'Yes'. (i.e. you DON'T have to put a figure on your savings; you simply need to state that they're below the threshold).