To worry about the legal side of death.

I don't think you request it (the absolute) ahead of time, do you? July will be when enough time has passed to apply for the absolute, or whatever it's called now.

Who can apply for the absolute and when used to depend on who had petitioned in the first place, IIRC. So if you were petitioner , you'd have more options to stall.

Anyway, do you already have a solicitor?

I would also try to stop divorce. Very possibly new GF will not want to be his carer. He might see the wisdom in preserving his assets for his child rather than a new partner.

So you've submitted your Consent Order to the court, and had that confirmed, and have subsequently applied for the Decree Absolute?

Can you be more precise about “first lot of paperwork”, as it seems odd that you would have got to the stage of agreeing a Consent Order without knowing the tenancy ownership of your house.

SPEAK TO YOUR SOLICITOR NOW

Even if a CO has been fully signed off, there are limited situations in which you can apply to vary it. The “unexpected events” here are positive ones, but I would want to ask a solicitor if terminal illness counted too. There’s also the possibility that he’s deliberately held back the prognosis until this point, which would be another good reason to apply to vary.

Solicitor, tomorrow.

Stop the divorce

I would post in legal - and see a solicitor. Expensive but worth it.

Also how long has he been with his new partner? Surely housing and supporting his child trumps supporting her!?

I'm sorry you are going through this op. What is wrong with him? How did you find out about him being terminal? I only ask because terminal is different from last weeks of life.
I think you should be able to have a conversation about how your child will be supported after his death, does he have a close relationship with them? I would hope he would also be concerned about this and where his child will be living!?

Agree with this wholeheartedly .

This.

Don’t divorce him.

Make sure you go to the gov.uk/landregistry website. Other ones will charge a lot more for the title deed. It should only cost £3.

You can check the title of your property for £3 on the Land Registry.

If there is a restriction that states:

'No disposition by a sole proprietor of the registered estate (except a trust corporation) under which capital money arises is to be registered unless authorised by an order of the court.'

Then the property is held as tenants in common and his share will go into his estate and will be dealt with under the terms of his will.

If this restriction isn't present then you hold the property as joint tenants and his share will automatically revert to you.

Don’t complete the Divorce .. just yet. Get the Will sorted first, go and get some legal advice.

I know this is blunt, but do you know how long he’s expected to live? Meaning, will you be able to complete the divorce?
You say that you are mid divorce - what exactly is mid? Have you agreed finances yet?
That’s where this all needs to be wrapped up - in your Consent Order.
You need to be clear how you own the house though. If you are Joint Tenants, and still married, the house is yours when he dies. If he’s likely to difficult during divorce and his life expectancy is short, you might be financially better off stalling the divorce. (sorry - I did say this was blunt)
I would go straight to a solicitor to discuss your next moves here.
For example, I would propose that his future inability to provide maintenance would mean that you should be awarded all the house.
Again, it’s blunt - but it’s a conversation you should have with a solicitor.

You can ask for anything you like, but whether you'll get it is a different question. I think I would be asking for more/all though, if only to ensure the DC eventually benefitted from his assets as well as yours.

Do you have a good enough relationship that you can raise if with him informally?

So is be actually still your legal husband?