I want half in the divorce. Am I likely to get it.

Not read the thread so I’m not sure what side of it I’m on - just wanted to say you sound like a grabby cow and you should be ashamed.

No that’s the starting position for discussion. The courts will take a lot of other factors into account. Solicitors fees will mean that in effect you’ll get less than half anyway.

i do remember a similar case that hit the news years back. Couple been married for six years, no kids. Wife got nowhere near half. She did get a very large lump sum from the divorce as her H was extremely, extremely rich, but it was nowhere near half.

Yeah a thread full of frothy menz. Lol. 👍🏼

You seem pretty certain it’s 50:50, so instruct a solicitor and go for it. He’s not going to just hand it over. A 6 year marriage, no children and you earning more than him is unlikely to get you the result you want. In divorces it never comes down to what someone deserves, it’s the needs of both parties.

I’d probably take the £50k otherwise you’re going to end up spending a fortune on solicitors and may well not end up with the result you think you’re entitled to.

It was in the OP

Are we allowed to use to word woman these days?

You don't have children. Why on earth do you think you're entitled to any of this?

Where do you live and what do you earn where £50k isn't enough for a deposit on a place? I'm in the south east and bought a flat with £37k deposit and a £50k salary. It's not a palace but it's decent. Why do you think you're entitled to half the money he earned before you were married? Did you live in his flat rent free or did you pay towards the mortgage before you got married? Even if so, you'd be entitled to a proportion of the equity from the point that you started contributing, not to his saved deposit. No kids so you had no barrier to earning yourself and no 'support' to his career at the detriment of your own.

you are probably right that the house will be a marital asset after a 15 year relationship (the period you lived together before marriage extends the 6 years of marriage)

you are definitely not right that the court will consider the house as a marital asset, as their marriage is only 6 years. Marital = marriage = 6 years not 15 years

OP you will not get good legal advice from AIBU. See what your solicitor says but be prepared for disappointment. This was a short marriage with no children, 50:50 could be ambitious and he has all the incentives to fight for his pre-marital assets.

Op in real life a lot of people can’t afford to buy what they want after they split- everyone on mn acts like a divorce means they get the life they want just without the other person they joined with to have that life in the first place but most people I know that sold ended up renting or buying something they probably didn’t really think they’d live in. That or in the case of with kids the men living in a flat/ with parents/ homeless.

Why aren't you asking a proper divorce solicitor?

The £200k is his. Tuff shit eh. Absolute greed get a job and mortgage like the rest of single woman have to do.

This absolutely sounds like a reverse
Get a solicitor and stop wasting women's time OP

You leave a short marriage with no children with what you come into so take the 50k.

They are now. They weren't when he sold the previous house. So it's actually pretty similar and the finances are more relevant than anything else.

Aside from that, it's pointing out why some divorces are financial 50/50 and why some aren't. Ours would be if we didn't have DD. But we do, and while I am 100% sure DH would want 50/50 childcare, it wouldn't be feasible with his working hours and role, so she'd be with me more, so I'd likely end up with slightly more.

My other sister got married the day after they completed on their house. No children, he pays more. He put in a larger chunk of the deposit. They each ring fenced their contribution. He'd get more, and as much as my loyalties will always lie with my sister if there was a fight, he absolutely should.

Agree. It is more accurate to say that 50/50 is the starting point and is adjusted from there based on need.

I love how emphatic some posters are that they are correct, but my divorce was finalised LAST MONTH in England. We have a 6 year old, 11 year marriage (13 year relationship). No pre-nup. HE DID NOT GET HALF.

Financial settlements are very individual, there is nothing automatic.

What does your solicitor recommend you to do?

whatnhave u done to deserve half tho? He put £200k in more than you to get the home. If the shoe was on the other foot why would he deserve half?? Where has the savings come from? Have u contributed any? Where have your wages gone? You need to explain more. Good luck with solicitors you will need it with the way you appear here. You sound however like a money hungry woman who is consumed by greed. Hope ur husband has a good solicitor. Hope u have the money to pay yours.

And she only paid half of the mortgage even though she earned more so it wasn't even proportionate
Grabby beyond belief

If your sister isn't married, this is totally different to the OP's situation.

I think definitely a reverse. It’s the username that gives it away- “woman” on the end. If you’re a woman, on mumsnet, you wouldn’t qualify that you are a woman.

And then all the rest.

That’s the starting point. It’s not a definite. What money did you bring to the marriage out of interest? How big is your pension?
As others have said, it’s likely he will get more than you as he is older and less able to fund a mortgage before retirement. Neither of you are likely to get enough money to buy yourself separate homes - unless it’s a 1 bed flat!