Debt, busn owner, foreign properties

Okay, divorce petition just issued I''ve no intention of asking for her business or foreign properties to be taken into account, hoping for a ''Clean Break''.

Am currently unemployed.

I''ll only have to consider her assets if STBX comes after my pension and house (which are for the children).

So the questions are

1) I have cleared over £25k of debt (from the time we were together)which I can prove.

2) She has gotten herself further into debt in the same period (14k in unpaid taxes) and business has taken a nosedive.

3)STBX has advised she ''gave the foreign properties back to the developer'' after seperation. However 2 of her former clients have advised that she''s not and are willing to give this to me in writing (they were told by her that she is hiding them from me)

So question is; is new debt & cleared debt taken into account in the financials for divorce?

I should say at this stage that she has two failed businesses in her past, so anything she may get will be wasted and our children will not benefit.

Depends on a lot of factors.

How long you have been married.

respective ages

childrens ages.

cohabitation

Can you prove that she has got further into debt since you separated.