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Savings – include all
savings and investments,
eg ISAs. Please refer to
the Guide COP44B –
Applying for help with
Court of Protection Fees
for information regarding
savings and investments.
If the fee payer has more
than £16,000 then they’re
unlikely to get help with
their fees.
Less than £3,000 go to question 8
More than £3,000 go to question 7
6. Does the person responsible for paying the fee have more than
£3,000 in savings and investments?
No. How much do they have in savings and investments?
(including their partner if they have one)
£
Yes. How much do they have in savings and investments?
(including their partner if they have one)
Less than £16,000
More than £16,000
7. Is the person responsible for paying the fee 61 or over?
8. Does the person responsible for paying the fee receive any of
the benets listed below?
Benets - if the fee payer
is receiving any of these
benefits, they’re likely to
get help with their fees.
We’ll contact the
Department of Work and
Pensions to confirm that
they are (or were) getting
one of these benefits.
•
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
•
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
•
Income Support
• Universal Credit (and they’re earning less than £6,000 a year)
•
Pension credit (guarantee credit)
No go to question 9
Yes go to question 12
Refunds – you can apply
for a refund if a Final Order
has been issued by the
Court of Protection in the
last three months and you
think the fee payer would
have been entitled to a
reduced fee at the time of
the Order.
No
Yes, the fee was paid on
5. Has the fee already been paid?
Single
Married or living with someone and sharing an income
9. What is the status of the person responsible for paying the fee?