It s harry s money. let him spend it. that s rawandeep, talking about her son harry last month, when we revealed he s one of an estimated 80,000 young people whose families can t access their child s savings without going through the court of protection a lengthy and often costly process. and die hard footie fan leah could have had the same problems, unlike her twin brother, jack. they re both entitled to the money, were born on the same day, live in the same house. why should they be treated differently? wendy was preparing for a fight, but because leah s savings were held by the trust fund provider one family, she was able to access the money without going through the court of protection. do you feel quite lucky that this was a smooth experience for you? yeah, very. yeah. 0ne less thing you have to sort of worry about, really. as well as unlocking leah s account, one family has helped more
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But families and campaigners say it s doing the exact opposite and actually preventing disabled people from accessing what is rightfully theirs. these families have had to fight for their education, their health, the security of their children, all of their lives. they ve been managing a massive dwp benefits package. and now we re saying that they can t do that with £2,000 or £3,000 that they ve actively saved for their own children. it s entirely unjust. so this is copies of the court of protection, the original application. michelle is one of the few who has been through the court of protection process. it took her over a year and cost £1,000. the rest of it, really, is all the receipts i ve kept and statements. after being made a deputy by the court, she now has a lifelong legal duty to keep receipts and account for anything she spends of alana s savings and benefits. somehow i m not trusted now.
As ruth clegg has been finding out. alljoel wants is a new trike. you can stop at the next road. after spending the past decade or so saving £6,000 in his child trust fund, his mum, laura, thought this would not be a problem. we re not trying to steal it from him or anything. we want to want to access the money for him to buy him something that he really does love. like millions of other parents, laura has been topping up her son s trust fund with her own money. but becausejoel s disability means he lacks capacity to make financial decisions, laura will have to go to court to access the cash. i don t think i d want to go through the ordeal of having to go to the court of protection to get deputyship for my son and to, you know, make decisions on his behalf. we ve been doing that all his life. and the sticking point is the mental capacity act. it was set up to protect people like joel from things like financial abuse.
Changeable. but people also say do not take off your winter coat until the may flowers are out. so it is both, depending on which part of the country you live in. very helpful. thank you. thousands of families with disabled children are unable to access savings in their child trust funds. let s take a look at what s happening. the bbc has learned that there could be more than 80,000 accounts worth up to £210 million that can only be accessed through a lengthy and often costly court process. all children born between september 2002 and january 2011 were given a child trust fund a tax free savings account, which they can access when they turn 18. most children received an initial payment of £250 from the government, when their account was set up, which families could then add to. but now, families with children who lack capacity to access their account are having to apply through the court of protection to reach their own savings