My situation- been together a long time 20 yrs. married and two children 6 & 9. Both work, fairly good pay. Mortgage on the house with around £80k in equity if sold. Both have pensions. I have around £6k savings. Both have small cc debt. Not actually broached the subject with him yet but i think he senses its coming. Not been happy for a long time, no sex etc, ive detached. Dont do anything together. Live in the same house as friends.
Ideally, id like to stay in the house until youngest is at high school so four years. This is down to schooling, kids friends and general upset for them. I already do the sorting kids out etc so id like to carry on having main responsibility for the kids and EXH to have them some of the time. I work part time and school hours so this would still work well. EXH could initially move in with his parents who live very close by and away a lot (retired/away on holidays). Id hope we can stay on friendly terms and get on for the sake of the kids. Id be happy to split it all 50:50 and receive some CM for kids.
Apart from divorce, IF we can compromise on the other stuff, would we need to involve a solicitor or am i being naive? 😒
Sorry for the massive rambling post....Is it possible to complete the paperwork and divorce yourselves?
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Can you split up without the need for solicitors?
Bumblepants · 06/06/2019 19:13
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