Married for 32 yrs. Not officially separated but living separately in the same house for 5 yrs before I filed for a divorce (online in July). Long story short he has been emotionally abusing from the beginning of our marriage and at last I made a decision to not put up with it any longer. I asked him nicely if he could try and move out (housing association house) in July this year but he got angry and abusive in front of our adult children. I also applied for non-molestation order and occupation order advised by online Women's aid.
Non-mol was granted on emergency basis but he contested the occupation order (on going)
I am not entitled to legal aid despite working only 4 days as a teacher and have no savings.
I paid a layer one off to get some advice and she told me that I should deal with finances first before I apply for the conditional order in December hoping to sort out our living arrangement that way.
He will retire next year and will have sate pension and professional pension (a £40000 lump sum) and a third small pension in our country (Europe). He also have savings. We have a 2 bed flat back home fully paid in both names which I offered my share to him so he could live there and leave us alone. He refused.
Our 23 yr old daughter lives with us and I am supporting her while she is training. She has told him that if I move out she will come with me as she needs her mum. We also have a 10 yr old dog that I am the primary carer.
Our state pensions and professional pensions are approximately the same value at this moment. I actually do not want anything from him, i just want him to leave so we can get on with out lives.
My questions are:
How will the financial order help on our living arrangements?
Will i have a claim on his lump sum when he retires - i don't want it but want to use it as leverage
I tried to fill in the form A but i found it really confusing. What do I need to submit with form A to declare my finances.
Do I apply for the conditional order in December but hold on to the final order while the finances are sorted?