Divorce Settlement

Hi to anyone who can help me.

I left my husband in Feb 07 due to his drinking, behaviour as he would not leave the matrimonial home.

I have 3 children which he does pay maintenance for, there is no issue there. However, am I entitled to any other settlement from him. This is a tricky case, I will briefly explain.

We had a home in Lancaster which we gave up as his parents said they would buy us a house in Leicestershire (due to change of job by husband). They did buy us a house but would not put it in our name they put it in a trust instead.By that time the house in Lancaster was sold, if I had known they were not going to put it in our name I would not have moved. My mother in law stated that should anything happen to our marriage that I would get 50% of the house. However, when we split she reneged on this and said she didnt say it. I have no written proof that this was the case, so in theory when I moved away from the home there was no assets other than the car and furniture, as the house wasnt ours. I walked away with the car and half of the furniture, Since then he has purchased the house from the trust and got it in his own name. Can I try and get something from him or not? as he purchased this after we separated, so in theory I have no financial ties to it. He earns over £50,000 per year. I gave up my job to have the children. I then worked part time jobs to bring some income in. I am now redundant and struggling to cope.
Please, please, can some one just advise me as I just need to put my mind at rest as I really dont want to go for money if I am not entitled to it.

You dont say how long you was married. This makes a huge difference as a short marriage e entitled to something to start again. And seeing as you gave up a career to bring up the children you should be entitled to something. C.

Hello

Can you answer a few questions so wiki peeps can help,

Your respective ages;

The number of children you have and their ages;

How many nights the children spend with each parent;

The length of your marriage and any period of pre marriage cohabitation;

Your respective incomes;

Your respective outgoings;

Your assets - both soley held and joint;

Your liabilities.

This sounds a complicated situation and you should see a solicitor. Assuming there is no court order dismissing financial claims against each other, if you had a family house together with your husband within the last few years and now your H has the former matrimonial home in his name it might appear that putting it in trust was a set up to stop or reduce your claims on divorce and a court may well rule the equity is a matrimonial asset.

Again assuming there is no court order dismissing financial claims against each other when there is a big discrepancy in incomes spouse maintenance is awarded according to the need of one party and the ability to pay of the other.

hi thanks for replying. We were married for 14 years

Hi thanks for getting back to me.
We had mean married 14 years until I left him. His age is 47 and mine is 42. 3 children - age 13, 13, 11.
His income in the region of £55,000. Mine is benefits only of about £10,000 as I was made redundant and am struggling to find a job.

Asset I have is a mortgaged property. His is the same. His liabilities I'm not too sure what he has. Mine is £21,000 debt.

Hope this helps.

Basically, do you know if I am entitled to claim anything after I separated with him in Feb 07 or is it all prior to that date.

Hopefuly you can help.

Regards