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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:34 pm
by neil1
my partner wants to take a new job but does not want to contribute any more to my iva i have said she must but she is refusing.
neil
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:43 pm
by kallis3
Hi Neil and welcome.
Is this IVA solely in your name? What contributions does your partner make?
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:48 pm
by Lisa2009
To be fair, she shouldnt be contributing to your IVA anyway. As long as she proves she pays her percentage to the household then that should be all thats expected. Any surplus income of hers would be hers to keep.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:15 pm
by neil1
at present she contributes all her salary and does not want to contribute anymore.
neil
kallis3 wrote:
Hi Neil and welcome.
Is this IVA solely in your name? What contributions does your partner make?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:23 pm
by kallis3
To be honest Neil, I don't blame her. It's your IVA and she shouldn't be paying it anyway.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:35 pm
by Skippy
I agree with Jan - I certainly wouldn't want to contribute all my salary if my OH had an IVA.
Were you together before you were in debt?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:46 pm
by plasticdaft
Why was she contributing to your IVA Neil?? Are you still together??
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:51 pm
by Julie
I'm in your partners position - I had to declare my income for the IVA to go ahead. Its so I can show I'm paying my fair share towards household expenses.Any payrises I've had since then are not included - though the rise in fuel etc has swallowed them up.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:54 pm
by kallis3
It sounds as though she is paying more than that though Julie. It's one thing declaring your income and paying your fair share, quite another to be paying all of your salary across.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:56 pm
by Lisa2009
Julie, thats the whole point though. You only declare what you earn to show that you pay your fair share to the household.
I am assuming that neil's partner is not happy with that. Its not as if she is paying the IVA.
neil please correct me if i am wrong.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:02 pm
by kallis3
I could have read it wrong, I thought she was paying across to it. Apologies if she's not.
She shouldn't be paying all of her money across though.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:05 pm
by Lisa2009
Agreed but if the IVA is in neil's soul name then i dont see how she would be paying for it, unless it was the only way to have it approved.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:11 pm
by kallis3
I couldn't see that happening. I rather got the impression that she paid him, and he paid it across. It's the way the original post was worded, and I've more than likely got it wrong!
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:27 am
by james.c
If the IVA is in your name only and your partner did not contribute to the debt, ie you got this debt before you knew her or before you moved in together then i am in total agreement with her, why should she have to pay in to it or prove her wage
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:38 am
by Julie
Neil, if you can post a bit more detail, we may be able to help... did your partner benefit from the debts? Is she saying that she wants absolutley nothing to do with the IVA? Can you manage the repayments without her income?
If she didn't benefit from the debt then I wouldn't declare my income either if I was her.
If you can't manage the repayments alone you should work out how much you could afford and contact your IP ASAP.
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