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I live in the UK, my STBXW in France

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mjb8126
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22 Jun 23 #521299 by mjb8126

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Hi, my wife asked for a divorce earlier this year while we were both living in France. I reluctantly agreed (she was unfaithful to me) to move back to the UK where we have an apartment. That allowed us to have a UK divorce rather than a French one. We have no mortgage or debts.

The problem is that she is insisting on a 50/50 split of assets even though it will cost me a lot more to buy a house in the UK than a similar sized one in rural France. I contributed 75% of our assets when we married about 7 years ago.

She is happy working as a part time yoga teacher in France while I have found it difficult to find full time work in the UK as I am 62. She is 56. She also has a teachers pension that is worth a lot more than private one.

Do I have a reasonable case to ask the court for a greater share, given our different living expenses and her wish not to get a full time job earning better money?

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26 Jun 23 #521336 by hadenoughnow

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You could offset some of your entitlement to a share of her pension against cash. This would give you more capital.
If she can be housed appropriately for less than 50% of the capital you could make a case for an unequal split.

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