Hi guys, have posted before but things have moved on (as they do). Brief summary. Married 10 years. No kids. House is the only asset that we're concerned with splitting. We have agreed a figure that represents half of the equity and I am buying her out. Pensions are about level so we're not touching them, and nothing major other than this. We are approaching the divorce date (end Dec) and will be applying for a clean break order straight after this. Couple of queries -
1 - I have been paying the mortgage solely in order to give my wife a chance to get a bit of money behind her for about the last 5 months. The trouble is she isn't making any plans to move on and won't discuss what her intentions are. My gut feel is that she'll stay in the house until the last possible moment (I'll come to that in point 2), and with this in mind I feel that she should be contributing something to live here. I have also raised the fact that the half of the utility bills that she pays was based on a figure that was current over a year ago. This figure is no longer a fair half. I have asked her to consider both these points, but she refuses to engage in any kind of conversation about this. Is there anything further that I can do or do I accept this and bite the bullet for a couple of months? (I expect that there isn't)
2 - Once the court approves the clean break and I transfer the settlement, if she is still living in the house and refuses to leave for any reason what actions can I take to have her legally removed?
I work full time, earn £45k and have no debt.
My wife works part time (by choice, no health reasons, caring etc) in a semi skilled job and earns maybe £12k, and has £14k of personal debt (I found out about this very recently and prior to this had no idea). She was previously employed as a university lecturer until 3 years ago. I have no explanation for her shift in roles.
Any advice appreciated as always. Thank you
Stewie G