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If you’re filing for a divorce and are asking the courts to reduce their fees, then you’ll be required to inform them of all of your income from rent you receive from lodgers to any state benefits – with a few exceptions. In certain instances, people may receive state benefits that they will not need to disclose as being part of their gross monthly income. These are as follows:

• Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP)

• Attendance Allowance

• Back to Work Bonus

• Bereavement Allowance

• Budgeting Advances paid under Universal Credit

• Budgeting Loan

• Carer’s Allowance

• Carer Element of Universal Credit

• Childcare Element of Working Tax Credit

• Childcare Element of Universal Credit

• Cold Weather Payment

• Constant Attendance Allowance

• Direct payments made under Community Care, Services for Carer and Children’s Services

• Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

• Disabled and Severely Disabled Child elements of Tax Credit

• Disabled and Severely Disabled Child elements of Working Tax Credit

• Disabled and Severely Disabled Child elements of Universal Credit

• Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance

• Financial support under an agreement for the foster care of a child

• Funeral Payment

• Housing Benefit

• Housing Credit Element of Pension Credit

• Housing Element of Universal Credit

• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit

• Independent Living Fund payments

• Limited Capability for Work Element of Universal Credit

• Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

• Any pension paid under the Naval, Military and Air forces etc. (Disablement and Death) service Pension Order 2006

• Severe Disablement Allowance

• Short Term Benefit Advances (STBAs)

• Universal Credit Advances

• Widowed Parents Allowance

It must be noted that any benefit that is not listed above must be disclosed to the court when applying for a fee remission for any proceeding including, but not limited to, divorce.