Requirement to work full time

[bluebellforests]

I’m completing my questionnaire for my Form E and his solicitor has stimulated that I need to prove that I have applied for other jobs and that my part-time 3 day a week teaching job is not sufficient etc.

What about our own children? We don’t have a nanny? I have always tried my best so that my own children’s activities are all crammed in on a Thursday. For example, on a Thursday I pick child A from school, drive straight to gymnastics, she gets dressed in the car for that & has something to eat in the car. Gymnastics starts at 4. Then, I drive to 2nd child’s school and pick her up from stem club at 4:45. Then I drive back to the gymnastics and pick child up at 5. Then I drive both home, give a quick dinner. Then, at 5:25 I leave again and take child B to her contemporary dance class. Then at 6:30 I pick her up again. Then bath for both, read etc. Around this time is when ex comes home, just before they go to bed.

I’m upset that my job is now not good enough and that I need to prove that I have applied for higher paying jobs and jobs that are full time.

Are you going for mediation or is this for the court? You don’t have to answer any questions before the First Appointment. The judge will then decide which questions you each should respond to. It would be a good idea to get legal advice.

I wouldn’t respond to that, his solicitor asking doesn’t make it a requirement for you to discuss at this stage. I also wouldn’t agree to saying you’re not the primary caregiver if you are. On a side note, if you are going to be a single parent, will your part time hours be enough to live on ( even if you are awarded a greater share of the marital assets)? Even with child maintenance I wouldn’t have thought there would be enough income for yourself and two children.