Widow's Allowance

In probate, a portion of a decedent's estate that a court allows the surviving spouse to use to provide for his/her needs until the case is settled and property is distributed.

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The Widow's Allowance - which until last April would once have paid out PS113 a week - has been replaced with a new benefit that pays only PS100 a month - "plus a lump sum that didn't even pay for Ivor's funeral".

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"With the new rules, the widow's allowance is added to her husband's, and if the estate value is less than their combined pounds 600,000, there is no inheritance tax to pay."

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They tax me on my widow's allowance and now they have decided I earn too much and have taken my tax credit off me.

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Nicola Hull, 28, also claimed a widow's allowance despite having a new partner, the court was told.