Hi there
going through a very high conflict case, husband left me and 4 kids and have had sole care of them since then. We don't live in UK but husband left to live with his lover and her 3 kids by 2 different dads.
Husband emptied current accounts and it's taken me a long long time to obtain enough credit to borrow a few kks from the bank in the UK to get a barrister.
No Financial Dispute Hearing. Judge decided to go directly to Final Hearing. Had an awful time trying to get court to react. 3 months it took for the court to consider a D11 to try and get access to family home. The only other assets are endowments I've agreed to give me husband and the children's savings.
I have 4 kids and sole care, he will not take any care of them.
I have been told by the barrister that the UK court MAY consider the children's savings, even though they are in their names and much of it has been always in their names, as marital assets. He has said prepare yourself that your child has to empty half their Child Trust Fund and the other children empty their savings accounts too, even though the money is there blocked till they are 18.
Is this correct? Are children's savings in their name REALLY marital assets and must be given 50% to the parent who abandoned them?
Furthermore, why does my husband have the right to 50% of my father's inheritance to me?
I am in great distress at the thought that for 18 years I have saved for the children, for their futures, now the court is going to empty half their bank accounts. I am devastated.
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Children's Savings in their name, are they really counted as matrimonial assets?
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cannotseeanend · 19/01/2015 18:39
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