Hi all,
New poster so please go easy! My situation:
Separated 7 years, I live in the family home with our 2 older children who are both at uni some of the year. I’ve paid the mortgage solely for 6 years on the agreed basis that we would split the property 50/50 when they finished education and keep our own pensions.
He has a long term social housing tenancy in a new build with no desire to buy. I plan to buy him out of his share.
House 180k, outstanding mortgage £35k
My salary 40k, his self employed ‘declared’ income around 15k.
On separation our pensions were similar, since then he has worked ‘by choice’ less hours. I have gone from part time to full time and 2 promotions so pension has increased post separation.
pensions mine -109k, his 70k.
Cars /furniture/debts were all shared equally on separation.
Does anyone have experience of consent order split following such a long separation? Were the assets following separation split?
Am doing the divorce online and will get a consent order drafted but neither of us wants to pay for legal advice. Would this 50/50 equity split seem fair if we explain our reasons for the pensions being inequitable?
Thanks for any advice or experiences