I'm asking on behalf of a friend who is feeling totally overwhelmed, hoping for help from someone who knows what needs to be done to get divorced, and can talk her through it.
She's gutted after her husband was unfaithful, and took a large sum of money from their joint account, without telling her.
When challenged he left their rented home, leaving her with a 2 1/2 year-old, and a highly demanding new job which she must successfully maintain.
She is struggling to come to terms with what has happened.
He is a social worker by profession, an expert in family cases. Now she has totally lost her trust in him she feels at a disadvantage because he no doubt knows all the loopholes and arrangements.
It is over 3 months since he left.
She wants to know how much maintenance he needs to pay.
She mistrusts him deeply, and her daughter is extremely sensitive, so she refuses to let him take her away with him, although he pressured her to allow that. At the moment he visits her at home, which isn't ideal, and causes great stress. An arrangement needs to be made for access.
Can she claim benefits?
She needs help to break the process down one little step at a time so she can get through this emotionally and financially.
Can someone help?