Statement of information for a consent order

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I’m currently filling this out and I’m unsure what to put for the future living arrangements part.

I’m currently in a relationship and we have discussed my daughter and I moving in with him and his older children but not until my daughter has finished school. She’s currently in yr10 so it’s at least a year and a half away as we live a fair distance apart.

The options are:
*I have no intention, at present, to remarry/enter into a new civil partnership or cohabit

*I am in a cohabiting relationship

*I remarried/formed a civil partnership on
Day Month Year

*I intend to remarry/form a civil partnership. If you have a date please give it below

*I intend to cohabit

which option would be the correct one to choose? Obviously a be lot can happen in 2 years and I don’t want to base my financial future on a relative unknown by choosing the ‘I intend to cohabit’ option when it may not come to fruition, however it seems wrong to choose the ‘I have no intention to cohabit’ option, when it has been discussed with current partner as an option for the future.

i don’t wish to drip feed but I am relying on the Judge to make a decision as I’m divorcing an abuser who would have made both my and my daughters life an absolute misery if I got legal representation and I’m not in a position financially to do so anyway. The conditional order was granted today.

Thank you for reading and I will be grateful for any insights.

1st option definitely. We never know what life may bring us. If you were moving in next month then obviously you'd answer 5.

I'm in the US so take it for what it's worth. I've never heard of someone's future 'living arrangements' having anything to do with a marital settlement. What you had together in the marriage should be totally separate from what you intend to do with your life afterwards and based solely on a fair division of joint marital assets.

@AcrossthePond55
Thank you for your reply
That is my thinking too as although that is our intention it is a long way off and the last few years have taught me that there are no certainties. However it feels like I’m being deceitful as I do have intention.

My understanding is your immediate intentions following your divorce. The financial order will be drawn up on the basis of need, and if your need is calculated based on an intention to hopefully cohabit in a couple of years time, that’s a very uncertain future on which to base your share of the marital assets.
I genuinely hope your plans to move in together do happen, don’t get me wrong, but a plan that would be put into effect in a couple of years is far too risky to have as a measure of your financial needs.

I put option 1 even though I was living with my new dp, nobody questioned it & I got 100% of the house I owned in the consent order.

@user1471539385
That’s exactly my thinking, i can’t see how my plans in 18-24 months should have a bearing on my divorce settlement.

As it stands I expect nothing, but after 15 years of marriage, having our daughter 90% of the time (her choice) and being on a limited income due to being disabled I’m hoping the judge will decide something in my favour.

@Nat6999
My almost ex knows my plans to cohabit in the future as my daughter wants to move with me and she’s told him as much. I know he’d have no hesitation in saying that I plan to cohabit.

Definitely option 1. What you might do in a year or so is irrelevant to the consent order.

Option 1. There is no clear arrangement plan or detail. You have just discuss a possibility which I am sure you will reflect on at the time depending on how the new relationship is going.

18 minutes months away is far enough into the future to say 1. Is the accurate one.

I think you can honestly say that in 18 months time your hope to co habit rather than intend to.

Thank you all so much for your input, I was leaning towards option 1 but needed reassurance that it was the right option under the circumstances.