When A Man Goes To Prison......

[RATTER15]

if he is single and living alone, what happens to all his belongings, his mortgage, car etc.

If he is married, does the wife get any additional income apart from normal benefits etc?

and when they fine someone and send him to prison, how does he pay the fine?

Just curious, I have no intention of finding out the hard way!

[mikey4444]

Ratter...like you, I have always wondered about this. I suppose his family would step and sort things out. But if he had no family....well, that could be very different.

Its similar to those dreadful stories ones reads every now and then about an elderly person being found in a flat, who has been dead for weeks or even months. The details are always the same.....endless piles of letter from bank, lecky companies, etc, etc. I

I guess import bills, if they are paid by DD, would continue to be paid until the bank account ran out of money, and then reminders would be sent.

In your scenario, the chap would still be alive, so presumably would be able to contact people and explain what has happened.

I am not sure about the wife....I presume she would qualify for some state help in the form of benefits, especially if there were kids as well.

[Islay]

Well if there is a partner at home all joint claims cease and she becomes single with children claimant.

I would imagine there is an officer or member of staff whose job it is to contact benefit agencies etc

[aelmpvw]

if he's single and has been imprisoned for burglary, hopefully he'll be burgled

[RATTER15]

So I would imagine mortgage payments would cease and his house would be repossessed!

[hc4361]

http://www.pffs.org.uk/uploads/Housing.pdf

Interesting link

[mikey4444]

Very illuminating hc ...thanks !

[ladyalex]

I believe, but do ot know for sure, that if they are single and in a rented property, once they stop paying the rent, the tenancy ends and the landlord can sell the contents of the property .

[ladyalex]

^^ do not know for sure

[-SharonA-]

My girl friend was imprisoned for drug importing and she lost her beautiful home that was rented from the council.

When she came out, she had emergency accomodation and is now is a flat in a run down area.

[viv41]

lol agree with ael at 11:18 !