What is a 'fair split' ?

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My solicitor has advised I go for a 60:40 split (40 me) as part of clean break arrangement.

I am sole earner, wife is not working and doesn't really want to work at the moment. Based on this argument alone and given it is my earnings have paid for a good lifestyle, I want to go in at 50:50, given that if we were on half the income, we could still live.

At a high level is 60:40 fair, or could she even ask for more ?

Do you have children? How long was the marriage?

2 children 12 and 9 - married for 14 years.

60:40 split of what? Just house? Or is that pension too? Any other assets?

Is she expecting 60/40 of all the assets plus spousal as she doesn’t want to work, or just the asset split and child maintenance?

40:60 in favour of RP is pretty good. My solicitor wanted me to go for 25:75 in favour of me who was to be the RP and I was in F/T employment. But I demurred and went for 50:50, including his final salary pension. My DH fought me on this until my solicitor found hidden savings and then his Mum told to stop being a fool and settle!

My Ex is dead now and left everything to his new wife- so our DCs got nothing. I still have his pension to come, and this will be all my DCs get any benefit of.

60:40 split of what? Just house? Or is that pension too? Any other assets?
Is she expecting 60/40 of all the assets plus spousal as she doesn’t want to work, or just the asset split and child maintenance?

60:40 of everything - house £900k + pension £200k. However this is what my solicitor had suggested. I don't know yet what she is after until we have had our first mediation session.

What are the grounds for the breakdown of he marriage, are you expecting her to go for as much as possible or do you think you have an idea of what might be expected by her?

Hard to put into context. Are you looking to sell the house?