I wondered if anyone had experience with short marriages where one partner brings basically all the money into a marriage.
It was the case that before I married my husband I inherited enough, along with my own savings, to purchase us a house without a mortgage. It was put into joint tenants at his demand (He said it wouldn't feel like his home). I realised this was a stupid mistake now.
I have also inherited another substantial amount of money which I am due to receive this year.
We are both young (Late 20's) and both on similar salaries (Only around £15,000) etc.
We have discussed the idea of splitting up after about 6 months of marriage and 1.5 years total cohabiting and he suggested I could give him money and I'd keep the house. He suggested a fairly 'reasonable' figure but it only amounts really to a small portion of the overall 'pot'.
I have spoken with a solicitor who has said it's unlikely my second inheritance would be considered in the financial settlement and I will certainly be keeping this separate and fully in my name and not using it to benefit us in any way.
My question is that would a judge approve a consent order with such a big discrepancy in finances?
Considering we could not have bought the house without my inheritance and we are child free and such a short marriage etc, both young and able to still earn and save etc.
I wondered if anyone has experience where the split is decidedly uneven but for a fair reason?