Divorce and savings.

[confiscatedtables]

How can I protect £4k of savings so my husband can't claim half if we divorce this year? He earns absolutely tons and I don't, so I will need money to set myself up with new place to live etc. I imagine he'd love to see me suffer financially. I'd love to gift it to my mum or take it out as cash.

You will also be entitled to half of his assets, so any savings, property, cars, pension, etc.

He keeps investing our money into his business.

Have you officially put money into the business as an investor? Are you a director or shareholder?

Surely you would need to rent a place and buy furniture before you sort out the finances and divorce, meaning you wouldn't have any savings left.

I'd be doing a good impression of a squirrel, starting now.

He can’t claim half
just as you can’t claim
half of his assets

you are both entitled to a fair share of the marital pot - of which the savings form part - and could be awarded more or less than half

Id withdraw some and give some to a friend because you owed them money.
All assests split half. One pot.

All assets are not split half

all assets are in the pot

many divorces and up with unequal
splits for many reasons

The calculation starts at 50/50 which will include her savings.

OP just spend the money on a place to live. This probably won’t factor into a settlement. Because it was used for living expenses.

Surely his business is a joint asset so you would be entitled to half it’s value?

Calculation starts based on needs
as said all in the pot but certainly not always split 50:50 and very often not

and without demeaning op, solicitors and courts are unlikely to really care about this amount especially if he’s a high earner

I thought you divorce first. I've got no idea.
I'm nothing to do with his business. He plus two others have a stake in it.

His stake in the business is half yours, just as your savings are half his, in theory. In practice, possession is nine tenths of the law. Use your savings to pay your lawyer. Dont sign the final divorce papers until the financials are agreed and signed off.

@confiscatedtables

No. You are not expected to live together or sleep on someone's sofa until you are divorced. Of course your savings can be used to help you live.

If OP and her husband keep putting money into the business, it's unlikely there's any profit to fake out.