My DH filed for divorce recently after asking me to move to Canada for his job (was pregnant at the time). We have 2 DD's, 2 & 4. I am a SAHM currently. It's a nasty divorce, he has extremely good lawyers & he's financially and emotionally abusive. I'm alone here without support. I currently desperately need advice about 2 specific financial issues:
- he bought an expensive property, saying it'd be an investment for us, then closed on it 8 days after separation. Now he claims the property exclusively as his own, because of the date of closure. Under Canadian law, do I have any financial claim to the new house financially? The divorce is being contested here.
- Whilst still in the UK we sold our home there. He deposited the entire (significant) funds from the house sale into his bank account & won't give any of those funds to me, including what I contributed to the deposit. Do I have grounds for an embezzlement/other charge?
N.B. He has a history of non-payment to companies, etc, for work done. He is extremely money fixated and sees all money as 'his' and 'his' only.
I have very little legal funds and would be so grateful if anyone is in a position to give me advice