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Re: Form A - 4 days ago
Thanks David. The order has already been sealed and I just wanted to ensure she had no comeback in the future. Sounds extremely unlikely.by Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Form A - 4 days ago
I noticed when filing my divorce paperwork away that I had not ticked all the boxes on form A section where it says "tick one or more of the following orders." However, the submitted consent order and D81 did address all these matters. Presumably the fact the consent order contained the clean break provisions and dealt with all matters overrides this oversight on the Form A?by Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Consent Order sealed - follow up questions - 6 months ago
David, many thanks for your earlier advice. I am now in the position that I have a sealed consent order and I have finalised my divorce. However, a few things have come up since the divorce was agreed and I would be grateful for your thoughts on these: 1) Transfer of FMH The agreement is that I must be released from the mortgage at the very latest in about four years' time (with the uby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Insecure Job during divorce - 11 months ago
I think if I lost my job and had SM to pay I'd have no choice but to stop paying as I just wouldn't have the money. Especially if all my capital was tied up in a house I wasn't allowed to sell. I know you cannot tell me to do that as a solicitor but I'm aware the courts are, on the whole, understanding in these situations and tend to take a dimmer view of the other party who wby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Insecure Job during divorce - 11 months ago
I'm thinking more along the lines of involuntary job loss. I guess if I lost my job the court could order I carried on paying but I'm not entirely sure where the payment would come from if I wasn't earning and all my capital was tied up. As you say, they could adjust the property percentages but that wouldn't solve the more immediate cash flow problem! However, this is allby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Insecure Job during divorce - 11 months ago
Interesting. I think I would still take a known spousal maintenance figure over a mortgage that could vastly increase because of interest rates though so I think I would be hard to lean on! Spousal maintenance that was imposed on me could also presumably be abruptly stopped in the event I lost my job, couldn't work etc whereas I cannot think helping an undertaking to pay towards the mortgageby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Insecure Job during divorce - 11 months ago
I'm always curious to understand how people can be leaned on to make undertakings like that. Or why people get bullied by the other person's solicitor. Surely everything before the final hearing is a performance and the best results come from staying calm and obeying the law, rather than being strong armed into something unfair by people who either don't have (or have not read) allby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Insecure Job during divorce - 11 months ago
Thank you for such a quick response David. I think the main sticking point will be when the house gets sold. She wants it to be when youngest is 18 whereas I'm saying 11. There's enough equity for her to buy a suitable albeit smaller property without needing me named on her mortgage and given I'm: 1) Offering another 3.5 years in the FMH that will provide additional time toby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Insecure Job during divorce - 11 months ago
Following on from my question earlier in the year, I accepted the role and things have moved on. However, I've also had to file Form A because my wife is simply not negotiating at all from her position: - A Mesher Order to stay in the family home for another 11 years; - I pay her mortgage in full (it will be £1,500 when the rate is fixed again at the end of the year); - The equity wilby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Insecure Job during divorce - 1 year ago
Thanks David, it sounds like there is no right or wrong answer here and the best approach is to minimise risk. An unfair spousal maintenance order but with a job and the funds to fight in further litigation over and over again until she gets the message sounds like a lower risk situation than getting an unfair spousal maintenance order and then to get made redundant and not having the funds to fiby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Insecure Job during divorce - 1 year ago
Thanks David, could you give me some sort of indication of what evidence I would need? The job really is excellent from a career perspective and the salary is amazing for one outside London and 80% working from home. The experience will demonstrably strengthen the stability of my employment. That said, the net pay is less by around £300 a month and I'm not in the firing line for thisby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum
Insecure Job during divorce - 1 year ago
I'm hoping to get some advice before accepting a job offer. I currently work in London and earn quite well but my proximity to the Board means I know jobs are not secure. Although my role is not in scope for redundancy this time, the company is poorly run and I fully expect a second wave of redundancies at some point next year. Obviously losing my job during a divorce would be less thanby Plonk20 - UK Divorce Forum