Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Divorce/separation

Here you'll find divorce help and support from other Mners. For legal advice, you may find Advice Now guides useful.

No financial settlement 20 years ago

6 replies

billysboy · 24/12/2023 16:11

Friend of mine is just leaving her partner and is concerned where she is financially

Their marriage ended in divorce 20 years ago , however there was never a settlement as they sorted it out themselves
They then seem to have patched things up and lived as a couple for the last 20 years until she has decided to kick him out

He owns a flat with a small mortgage left on it and she has a house in her name which is a half finished project

She has asked me for advice about cost of finishing it which would be over £100k

He has been abusive and foul throughout their time together and I dont think he will go quietly

Flat worth circa £175k and the house in its current state £375k , he has made no contribution financially to her two kids in the last 20 years and has not put any cash into the partnership other than his time working on the house

She has a meeting with a solicitor first week in January

Has anyone heard of anything similar and what was the outcome ?

He is a real piece of work

OP posts:
erniewernie · 24/12/2023 16:14

I'm not completely sure but I'd have thought that now they're divorced, their own assets are their own assets and one doesn't have any right over the other?

rochenutty · 24/12/2023 16:14

their marriage didn’t end 20 years ago

by the sounds of they had a very short separation. so irrelevant really to now

CharmedCult · 24/12/2023 16:17

They divorced 20 years ago.

I’d be really surprised if they now have any claim on each others properties, pensions, savings etc.

Ponderingwindow · 24/12/2023 16:21

I would be shocked if there is any ability to make a claim of financial settlement on the grounds of marriage 20 years later. They have just been dating/cohabitating, though it isn’t clear from your post if they even lived together.

Floopani · 24/12/2023 16:36

If there was never a financial settlement, as in they never got a consent order, then technically they never broke their financial ties, despite being divorced. That means it's all on the table and I would think living together as a couple since the divorce is going to mean something if they go for a financial settlement now as they will need to fill out all the details for now, not twenty years ago.

It's going to be complicated.

rwalker · 24/12/2023 16:42

The finical side of the divorce was never done
so everything is up for grabs from both sides

until they get a financial order you are still financially tied to each other

New posts on this thread. Refresh page