He refused me nominal spousal maintenance and claims his lawyer never mentioned it?

[JanisJoplin73]

He has a well paid job but no savings and has debts. I have assets but haven’t worked in a long time and have young children one with autism. My lawyer was shocked he refused even £1 a year nominal spousal maintenance and also only agreed to have child support written into consent order after being persuaded. He is now trying to reconcile with me ( to some extent) following financial settlement and when I said I was shocked he refused me that despite how difficult it would be for me to claim except in very hard circumstances and considering our child’s needs he claims his lawyer never mentioned it? Could this be true?

Why dont you have a claim on his pension?

@ScreamScreamIceCream - in terms of retirement/loss of job etc there is a clause where it will be reviewed but until that time he has to pay.

Ds1 is about to leave school so is a lot older than OP children.

Have you got the consent order?

Why would you hod against him the fact that you had negotiations to sort out your finances? Or would you only consider getting back with him if he was happy from day one for you to dictate the terms of the financial settlement? Doesn't sound like the proper basis for a reconciliation.