My mother and I would like some initial advice on behalf of a very close family member (aged 66) call her A). She has been married to her husband for almost 50 years (young bride) and a few months ago it has come out that he is having an affair and would like to separate to go and live with the OW.
As you can imagine at this point in life she is completely devastated and although she is receiving a lot of support is finding it difficult to function let alone plan for the future. We have advised her to seek help from a solicitor just to find out what she would be entitled to in any split of the assets (although there is no plan to divorce they will have to split assets if they are to separate). She does not want to do this at the moment. As far as I am aware they have pensions (for the large part in his name), cash in the bank and the marital home. She has been a homemaker all her life and he has been the sole earner.
He has said that when he moves out he will not be making any payments to A but will instead give her a lump sum and let her stay in the marital home. This lump sum will pay her bills for about 7-8 years we think after which she will presumably have to sell the house. If it went to court (it won't because I am sure they will want to settle it between them) would he be obliged to pay her maintenance so she can stay in her home or would it just be a 50:50 split of assets?
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Mumoftwinsandanother · 31/03/2014 15:53
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