So my DP of one year is still married to his wife. They have been married for 4 years now but separated for 3. Separated after he caught her cheating, later uncovered she had cheated on him several times with numerous people. She has lived in Brazil (her home country) since they separated.
After the affair and her moving back to Brazil he started divorce proceedings and gave one of her sisters the papers for her to take back to Wife to sign but he never received them back and just gave up after that.
He believes she will not divorce due to her religious beliefs and as one of the reasons he stated in the divorce was her adultery. She will not own up to it formally, despite admitting what she has done. After doing some reading I have found out all he needs to get a divorce is proof he has delivered papers to her current address. If she ignores them/fails to reply within one month the divorce will proceed without her involvement. I believe she will just ignore them as she did the last time.
However we do not have an address for her so I am at a loss for what to do next?
During their relationship (5 yrs) and marriage they lived in rented accomm. so have no house/assets to divide here. However DP always paid all the rent, bills etc because Wife said she sent the majority of her income home to help her family. He has since found out the money was actually being used to fund building a house for Wife in Brazil. It is now completed and worth around 60k minimum. Now DP is not interested in the slightest about getting any money from this house but I think maybe he could use it as a bargaining tool. I.e. sign the papers now or we'll go for half of your house too.
Just wondering if anyone had any advice to give x
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lasslancashire · 13/06/2014 12:49
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