Ex husband worth a million and offered me only £7000 financial claim

[AmyJahabee]

Hi all,

I made a financial claim against my ex husband and he offered me £5000 and he is worth almost a million. Is this suppose to be a joke.

we were married for 7 years I was not working at the time so he pay for everything whilst I look after the house, no children involved in the marriage. Is that all I get because I didn’t contribute financially? It’s been 3years since the divorce, he has put in so much lies about me towards his statement. I’m going to decline the offer.

can I just decline or ask for a reasonable amount?

You don't sign a decree absolute. Provided she has not remarried, she is not too late. Even if she has remarried, if she divorced him and ticked the box saying she wanted to apply for a financial order, she can still get a financial settlement.

A lot of solicitors will give a free 30 minutes initial consultation. It is a way of marketing their services. They hope that, by doing so, you will use their services rather than going to another solicitor.

I've reported this thread.

There are too may differences between what the OP posts here and her other thread (where she says she has two young children and a home that's paid for.)

Here, she says she had no children from that marriage, divorced 3 years ago, yet one child is supposedly 7.

Makes no sense.

No, he cannot.

After my dp's wife left him 23yrs ago, they got divorced. During divorce she tried to lay claim to his pension pot and they were only in their thirties at the time and wed for two years.
Sorry my dear, 3 years later! ! Jist NAW

Obviously he’s committed crimes against you but the divorce is a separate issue. I don’t see how you would be entitled to anything at all based on the information given.

Short marriage. No kids.

She said in one of her comments she did work part time and was studying

You lived free for 7 years. Why should he continue to pay now?

I won’t be encouraging my DSs to marry, unless their chosen partner actually has a profession of their own. There’s just too much to lose if you’re the only earner and go through a breakup.

One thing you could ask is to pension share. 7 years is a medium length marriage according to courts. Less than 5 years is short and more than 10 years is long. Did you live together before you got married because if you did those years would be added onto the length of your marriage.

I'd let the court decide. I don't think you'd get less but you might get quite a bit more.

The generation of mothers who are now on the thirties to forties is the first one to have careers on a widespread way. Not saying that a few women from the upper classes didn't have careers, they did, but they were rare.

Simply not true. I went to university in the early 1970s, when at least 40% of those undertaking courses leading to professional careers (e.g. law, medicine, architecture, accountancy) were women. Virtually all of them went into those careers, stayed in them after marrying and having children, and had successful professional careers throughout their working lives. When I first went into a junior professional career in the mid 70s, two thirds of my firm's intake were female.

Ignore rhe negative comments! Get legal advice, you should be entitled for more

Get back 2getha if his loded

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Sorry OP your other thread doesn't add up to this one at all! Also I struggle to see how after 3yrs and after not financially contributing how you would be entitled to anything? I would say your lucky to get £7000! As for the domestic violence seek help from women's aid for advice or contact the police.

Op did you get the house when you divorced? You say you own your home with no mortgage on your other thread.

You sound grabby and just want his £MMM, don't you have any pride?

eloquently put 👌

Money isn't going to make up for the way he treated you.

If he paid for EVERYTHING during the 7 years, then in the laws of equality he could counter claim for half of all bills during that time period.

How much are you trying to claim for? I'd personally accept the £5000, or perhaps counter offer at £20k.

Sometimes it's better just to move on with your life. A court case will drag on for years. Do you REALLY want that?!

Why should you claim on his money ?
Would you feel the same if the tiles were reversed?

Roles not tiles

Awa rafin a laff

Your post don’t add up to your other posts. If you left your ex 3 years ago and both had no children, how come on another thread you said you are a single parent to 2 children (7 and 6 yo). So which is it? Even the amount in the thread and the title differs. It doesn’t add up at all, at least get your stories straight

So he financially supported you while you studied. There were no children and now you want him to give you money? That's not the way it works. The financial compensation in divorce is to support children or compensate you for losses you made during the marriage.

There are two threads running by the OP, one of which says she has two children aged 7 and 6 (and that she owns a house.)

If she was married for 7 years and has been divorced for 3 years, her children would have been born while she was married.

Yet her thread here says there were no children from the marriage.

What happened @AmyJahabee ?

If you were with your ex until 3 years ago, and your eldest child is 7, they would have been born when you were in the marriage. Unless you had another relationship at the time.