Division of assets with the dissolution of a civil partnership

[EL8888]

Does anyone know about how assets are divided with the dissolution of a civil partnership? My understanding is we take out what we brought into the relationship? We have a deed of trust for our house we bought before the civil partnership. It’s 55/45 in my favour as l contributed more to the deposit

I am struggling to find any solicitors who offer free sessions. So lm trying to get some info before l fork out £150+ for an initial solicitor session

It's just the same as marriage.
In other words, for a short-ish partnership without kids it's likely to be as you say, reverting to the pre-partnership situation.
For a longer partnership it may be a little closer to 50/50. And it takes account of all assets, such as pensions, savings, cars etc.

EL8888 I am a solicitor but I'm not after your work as I am in another country and almost retired anyhow, so I can be unbiased on this. I have had a lot of people who go from free initial appointment to free initial appointment, or try to get free advice over the phone or from various government funded organizations. They are sometimes desperate and cash flow poor, but sometimes just distrustful of lawyers. They get themselves very confused and at least all the ones who eventually come to me have disadvantaged themselves with delay or putting together different pieces of the jigsaw from one appointment with the next. If you are disputing money, then pay money for a solicitor. I know that there are legal firms like mine that ask for the initial deposit just so they know the client is serious. Legal firms like mine are usually happy to be paid the bulk of our fees at the end of a matter if the client has shown they are serious ands they have a serious issue that will lead to a payment to the client. a good family lawyer Finding a good family lawyer isn't that hard and I've written a few tips here. Finding a good free family lawyer is only slightly rarer than a unicorn.

largely like a marriage divorce it'll be a 50:50 split, negotiating from that would be more likely feasible if you have not been together long, have clear evidence of where the assets came from, or had pre written agreements. I would say try to be reasonable and ready to flex over relatively small amounts, else before you know it you'll have both spent £20k on solicitors etc arguing over £30k..

As it's pretty much the same as an opposite-sex marriage, see if this might be able to help you - https://iamlip.com/help-guides/the-court-process-of-dividing-your-marital-assets-finances-and-pensions/ it might also save you a little money from the solicitor if you want to do some of it yourself and it can tell you the process.