Financial agreement

[pinkfizz10]

I'm divorced and still trying to get my ex to sign the paperwork to sort our finances they are still living in the marital home which has equity and needs to be sold. They have been obstructive throughout and tried changing locks other week. I'm in financial dire straights paying all the joint debts racked up in marriage and half mortgage desperately trying to resolve so I can sort myself out and buy a place for myself. My solicitor is also dragging their feet and racking up huge costs . Is there any way I could force a sale of the home without and get it settled without more legal costs ?

You can't force a sale of the home yourself, no, you need a court order to do so.

Can you sack your solicitor and represent yourself? It's fairly straightforward, I did it. Then you control the timeline and you can immediately apply to the court for a financial hearing.

Having said that, |I don't think the problem lies with your solicitor. In what way is he dragging his heels? If your ex won't sign the paperwork you need to proceed regardless, don't waste time trying to make him see sense.

Yes I have thought about representing myself as I can no longer afford my solicitors huge bills. We reached a split but that was 8 months ago and the house needs marketing to enable us to move forward and my ex to sign the financial agreement which they keep delaying and their solicitor doesn't respond to my solicitor so it's now into nearly 3 years since we split and divorced. I'm living on debt continually paying the joint debts whilst my ex remains in the house plus part mortgage. There's one more letter going out to see if my ex can be pushed to sign the agreement then I have to look at going straight to the courts to try to end my situation. Self representing is it easy to do? Would the court look at my ex behaviour when making decision. I wanted to avoid courts due to costs but it's looking only way now to move on