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17 Jul 24 #523520 by sandeeppatro
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Dear all !! I desperately seek some help on my case as am not sure what to do or rather what will happen next and am quite anxious. My wife applied for divorce on 1st July and I did respond to her application and got a response from HMCTS saying my wife will apply for conditional order from Nov onwards. Background : Married since 2003 (India) and moved to UK with work permit in 2005, blessed with 2 girls. My wife has been a home maker always. Then, she got a job in 2018 and also participated in some beauty competition in 2019. Since then we had arguments at home and I also lost my job contract in Dec 2019. In February 2020 I got a job in Switzerland and left alone for work. Since then she stopped communicating with me m, also started alienating my kids against me totally. They Blocked my phone and had no communications since then. Due to covid, I was unable to come quite often however used to visit every few months but with no communication with wife or the elder one, only younger one used to spend time with me. Meanwhile I used to request her parents/siblings and friends to see if she can atleast start a communication line to mend the family affairs but never worked out. Finally late 2021, I received an email from her saying she needs divorce but no formal application. I then came back to London after getting another job here in January 2022. Now, luckily I got immediate next door 1 bed flat as rent so that we both stay in peace and slowly for everything to settle peacefully. However she changed the family home keys and alienated my younger one also. Now, they both stopped speaking to me and I had no access to my family home. This was a very painful situation and I also again requested families/friends to see if my wife understands with no positive outcome. Finally after a year I left that 1 bed flat to stay in a shared accommodation outside as was expensive to manage both family home usual expenses as well as 1 bed flat rent and other expenses. BTW.. the family home is under both of our name but I am paying mortgage till date including maintenance and ground rent. I also used to pay council tax & electric/gas/water bills till March'2023 of the family home. I also have a car which my wife kept and is using. Present situation : Dual blow at once i.e. my job contract is no more up for renewal and finishing in end of August plus I got this HMCTS divorce email. With all the stress and moreover as my Dad is lonely due to my mother’s passing away, I kind of decided to move back to India for good to be with my ailing Dad for the rest of his life (as am his only son). Also as my Beloved kids are totally alienated and are not on talking terms with me, I am now kind of thinking of not disturbing them in life unless my wife wants me to take care of the kids as well. I need to know what to do as it will be very difficult for me to continue paying the mortgage for family home as I will have no job and moreover I am not in a position to work too though I can just live with my Dad in India. Any advice will be highly appreciated.

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21 Jul 24 #523561 by hadenoughnow
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I cannot advise you on child matters apart from to say that shared care is the norm now. Ideally you each need a place big enough for them to stay the night with you. As they are girls this could be a 2 bed place each. It needs not be owned.
The question is how this can be afforded. If your wife is not working would she be able to find employment? Is she entitled to benefits? Are you?
How big is the matrimonial home?
What is the equity in it (market value less mortgage)?
Your wife needs to realise that divorce has financial consequences; there will have to be adjustments on both sides. The main priority for now is secure and stable housing for the children until they can be independent. Your relationship with them is important and recognised as such by the courts.

Hadenoughnow

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