Benefits

[Jbird]

A single mother with 2 children aged 10 & 12 who is screwing my partner for every penny he has. She has the marital home, which he bought and paid for, he is self employed tradesman with a �6500 overdraft, �2500 on credit and a �10,000 loan. He also has to pay a mortgage of �1300pm on literally a 2 up 2 down cottage with rotting single glazing. He used to pay her �500 pm in maintenance, but she didn't like the fact that sometimes he paid late (owing to the fact that a customer hadn't paid him). But she always got it. She went to the CSA who, based on his income have said he should pay �325 pm. He pays - though sometimes i have to help him out, but she still phones him up a week later, saying she's run out of gas, electric, food whatever, etc. He might have to say he can't help, because he really does have no money and she'll throw back at him the likes of "Its for the kids".
I have said to my partner that the children would never have to go without because they would always be welcome at ours - whether its for food, a hot bath or just to use the computer.
To cut to the chase, his ex wife doesn't like the fact that he has moved on and found new love. I seem to be made to feel that I was the one who broke up the marriage, like we're having a dirty sordid affair although I didn't meet him until 2 years after they divorced! Because of that, she won't let the children anywhere near our home, for fear that "that woman" (me) might be there.
I would like to know, how much child benefit she recieves, and any other government support she is entitled to, because it seems to me that she is treating my partner like a cash point machine.
Bearing in mind that when he left, because she had had extra marital affairs, she immediately moved a new bloke in with her and the children though he left her after 3 months, she works school hours and recieves �75pw from us, yet puts her youngest daughter in school shoes that are from Asda and are actually

[Jbird]

They were married for 10 years.