I am so sorry if this is in the wrong place of has been covered elsewhere I'm just so scared right now.
This morning I recieved a letter from the council saying I need to pay for 2 months council tax between 2010-2011.
At the time I was living with my husband but suffered a traumatic mental breakdown and he moved out. I moved shortly after as he said he had sortrd it out with the landlord and I could stay for a couple of weeks. When I left, no deposit was claimed by me or my husband as I said the deposit on the house should be used to pay any bills, and that was ok with him. All the houae stuff qas left to my husband to sort as I was not in any sort of frame of mind to cope with it.
Anyway, on the letter, only my name is stated and I'm the one having to go to court eventually as I can't pay thr outstanding balance. I have read about liability for both of us to be responsible as we were both living there at the time. Could this be the case for me? We were both living in the house and it was only 2-3 weeks after my husband moved out that I moved out.
He has a full time job (we are no longer in a relationship since the breakdown) where as im stuck on disability benefits because I'm deemed unfit for work. Surely it would make more sense for him to pay it or to even pay half of it as we both lived in the house as a married couple.
Pleaae help and I'm sorry this message is so long. I'm so scared, I'm so sorry x
This morning I recieved a letter from the council saying I need to pay for 2 months council tax between 2010-2011.
At the time I was living with my husband but suffered a traumatic mental breakdown and he moved out. I moved shortly after as he said he had sortrd it out with the landlord and I could stay for a couple of weeks. When I left, no deposit was claimed by me or my husband as I said the deposit on the house should be used to pay any bills, and that was ok with him. All the houae stuff qas left to my husband to sort as I was not in any sort of frame of mind to cope with it.
Anyway, on the letter, only my name is stated and I'm the one having to go to court eventually as I can't pay thr outstanding balance. I have read about liability for both of us to be responsible as we were both living there at the time. Could this be the case for me? We were both living in the house and it was only 2-3 weeks after my husband moved out that I moved out.
He has a full time job (we are no longer in a relationship since the breakdown) where as im stuck on disability benefits because I'm deemed unfit for work. Surely it would make more sense for him to pay it or to even pay half of it as we both lived in the house as a married couple.
Pleaae help and I'm sorry this message is so long. I'm so scared, I'm so sorry x