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My partner has had a visit from Marstons bailiff.
Basically, last year my partner was paying off a tv license fee via his jobseekers allowance. At the beginning of December he came off his benefits and became self employed. At this point he was not informed that there was a fine being paid direct from the benefit and so would need to make alternative arrangements to pay.
In the mean time, our circumstances are that our baby daughter was born in May, we then spent 4 weeks living at Great Ormond Street Hospital as she was very poorly when she was born, we came home for a week and she then passed away very suddenly aged 5 weeks. This was 2 months ago.
A bailiff visited this morning and gave us a piece of paper saying we have 2 weeks to find 385 pounds. He did not put his name on this paper, he has also put the wrong date on it.
We called the court as we have no idea of what has happened, they informed me that partner had been paying off the fine via benefits but payments had ceased in December (at the time of the jobseekers stopping). The man at the court was very good and told us to call the bailiff office and tell them the situation and ask for more time to pay.
So my partner has called the office and they were helpful but said he needs to liaise with the bailiff direct.
Partner called the bailiff mobile. Explained situation and asked for more time to pay or to make weekly installments.
The bailiff told my partner we have to pay within 2 weeks or they will come through our doors and seize goods, if we do not have anything to seize then partner will be arrested. Said that last week a man was put in prison for 7 weeks when he couldnt pay a fine.
My partner said how the other man's situation would have been different to ours, the loss of our daughter, our heads have been all over the place neither of us are working, how can we at the moment.
The bailiff then said to my partner that he was trying to use our situation to get out of paying, that he didn't care and he would be coming to break down the door to seize goods.
I can't believe it, I can't believe how disrespectful and disgusting what he has said is. My partner is in pieces.
We don't know what to do. I get paid on the 6th of October, we can pay the bialiff then but he said its not good enough and he wants money within 2 weeks or he will come through the door.
Does anyone know what we can do? So sorry for my rambling garbled message.
Basically, last year my partner was paying off a tv license fee via his jobseekers allowance. At the beginning of December he came off his benefits and became self employed. At this point he was not informed that there was a fine being paid direct from the benefit and so would need to make alternative arrangements to pay.
In the mean time, our circumstances are that our baby daughter was born in May, we then spent 4 weeks living at Great Ormond Street Hospital as she was very poorly when she was born, we came home for a week and she then passed away very suddenly aged 5 weeks. This was 2 months ago.
A bailiff visited this morning and gave us a piece of paper saying we have 2 weeks to find 385 pounds. He did not put his name on this paper, he has also put the wrong date on it.
We called the court as we have no idea of what has happened, they informed me that partner had been paying off the fine via benefits but payments had ceased in December (at the time of the jobseekers stopping). The man at the court was very good and told us to call the bailiff office and tell them the situation and ask for more time to pay.
So my partner has called the office and they were helpful but said he needs to liaise with the bailiff direct.
Partner called the bailiff mobile. Explained situation and asked for more time to pay or to make weekly installments.
The bailiff told my partner we have to pay within 2 weeks or they will come through our doors and seize goods, if we do not have anything to seize then partner will be arrested. Said that last week a man was put in prison for 7 weeks when he couldnt pay a fine.
My partner said how the other man's situation would have been different to ours, the loss of our daughter, our heads have been all over the place neither of us are working, how can we at the moment.
The bailiff then said to my partner that he was trying to use our situation to get out of paying, that he didn't care and he would be coming to break down the door to seize goods.
I can't believe it, I can't believe how disrespectful and disgusting what he has said is. My partner is in pieces.
We don't know what to do. I get paid on the 6th of October, we can pay the bialiff then but he said its not good enough and he wants money within 2 weeks or he will come through the door.
Does anyone know what we can do? So sorry for my rambling garbled message.
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