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Re: Advice needed please - 6 years ago
Assuming you are continuing to live together and that there has been no recent adultery by your husband then if you want a divorce sooner rather than later the ground for divorce will be unreasonable behaviour. This is by far the most common ground for divorce because, in effect, it enables divorce on demand without any period of waiting. It applies in almost all cases of marriage breakdown and tby David Terry - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Pension percentage - 6 years ago
You are assuming that you can force a sale of the house. That is not necessarily the case. There is only £60K of equity. If that was divided equally it might not enable you both to buy alternative suitable accommodation. Whether it is practical depends upon the cost of suitable alternative accommodation, your respective mortgage capacities and whether there are any dependent children.by David Terry - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Pension percentage - 6 years ago
Assuming (and I am going to make a lot of assumptions here which may or may not be true) that the total equity is £60K and that total pensions are £160K then your presumptive share of £60K is £30K and your wife's presumptive share of £160K is £80K. Therefore you would be looking to buy off her £80K share of your pension by transferring to her your £30K share in the equity. It is true thatby David Terry - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Pension percentage - 6 years ago
By offsetting I assume you mean that in the divorce settlement with your first wife she retained more capital in return for you keeping your pension. That means if you divorce for a second time the whole of your pension is available for sharing. You do not have any automatic entitlement to ring fence that portion of your pension which you had acquired by the time of your first divorce. That isby David Terry - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Changes to Access - 6 years ago
Does any of that affect whether a person can be forced to have children against his/her will? It doesn't as far as I can see.by David Terry - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Division of Debts - 6 years ago
These so called situations all exhibit a misunderstanding of how finances are settled upon divorce. Courts are not interested in every detail on a store or credit card. Nor, in general, will they restore money that has been paid on a mortgage. Broadly the questions will rather be:- 1. How much is available to divide? 2. What are the respective needs and financial resources of person A andby David Terry - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Money Issues - 6 years ago
Whether you are in the house or have paid for 90% or 100% of everything is almost certainly irrelevant. It is by no means uncommon for a husband (it is usually the husband) to pay for everything while the wife remains at home for one reason or another. In such a case the wife may have made no financial contribution but you make a big mistake if you think she would be entitled to less because of tby David Terry - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Money Issues - 6 years ago
>>I have spoken to other people and there is a basis for a case to be presented. 'Other people' are wrong. Although it is arguably deception it is almost inconceivable that the police or CPS would be interested upon such facts. And you will find it is not so much about being seen in 'a bad light' as what the figures are and what your respective needs are.by David Terry - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Changes to Access - 6 years ago
Well, a parent cannot be forced to have contact so, no, the ex partner cannot be forced to have all the children. What the custodial parent can do is to refuse contact. Whether that is better or worse for the children than the present split arrangement is debatable. This is a decision for the custodial parent and it is not necessarily an easy one. Going to court about children should always bby David Terry - UK Divorce Forum
Re: Money Issues - 6 years ago
No, it is not fraud and you do not have a basis of a case. You have been tricked. You do, though, now need to make sure that the financial issues between yourself and your ex wife are closed formally and finally. You can do this by agreement but it requires a court order. It is not something which happens automatically. If you and your ex wife cannot agree to do it then you probably need to makeby David Terry - UK Divorce Forum