Divorce struggle

[Mums1010]

Hi everyone,

I need some help. My husband and I are going through a divorce. We have agreed joint custody of our 1 year old. 3/4 days between each other.

In relation to the finances. I brought a house 2 years before we got married (I initially brought the house with my dad, but my husband wanted me to remove him, which I did)

we been married 4 years and our relationship was on the rocks. We did live in the home and I paid all mortgage. We moved to a rented house and I sold my house and put my money away to my father.

he is now asking for half of the money as part of the marital pot.

how can this be possible!!!
it’s my hard earned money and I brought the house before marriage and sold it during the marriage. He filed for divorce 3 months after I sold the house. Can he actually claim for that money????? (from the house sale)

Yes as it’s likely to be considered a joint asset
whether or not he can claim and would be awarded half us another matter- possibly unlikely based on ownership prior to marriage, relatively short marriage but it will be in the discussion re split and financial settlement

The starting point for divorce is 50:50 of all assets, including cash and pensions.

There are potential adjustments to be made for provision for any children, pre-existing assets and if a marriage is very short, but you'll need a solicitor to advise on those. Provide them with as much financial information as possible.

Get a good, recommended solicitor and provide them with all the info and they will advise what the likely outcomes are, you can then hopefully work out an agreement with ex, as there's no point in him fighting for what he's unlikely to get and you both wasting £££ in solicitors bills.

Hi my husband of 20 years told me two weeks he thinks is we should seperate out of the blue said we have grown apart and things haven’t been the same for awhile said we should go to counselling said he’s too far gone and just wants to leave we gave two kids 10 and 6 gas this happened to anyone here? Literally left for weekend and he was fine!!