Financial split

[CucumberMelon]

Hoping for some guidance please - be gentle with me as I am going through the wringer...

STBXH and I have a joint mortgage and I paid the entire deposit on this house myself. I also have a decent pension pot. I am the lower earner by quite a fair bit. He has almost no pension as he is shit with money.

STBXH has said he doesn't want any money from the house but how likely is this to be approved by the courts in any consent order?

We also remortgaged last year and we paid off £15k of debts that he had kept hidden from me until he was forced to tell me the truth (I know, I am a fool) which I am assuming he is planning to leave me to pay off...

Depends on the judge on the day.

The assets are house equity and yoyr pension, so normally you'd each get 50%.

Depends on the full financial picture, age of both of you, length of marriage, any kids etc but both the house & pensions are marital assets, so both are in the pot, and you both need to be able to set yourselves up once you walk away. If not taking the house means he is unable to do that then it’s unlikely to be approved.

We've been married for two years, I don't know if that makes a difference... No kids between us and we are both mid forties.

This makes a big difference. This is a short marriage and the starting point would take into account what parties brought into the marriage as opposed to a 50/50 split.

He brought absolutely nothing.

Ah if only 2 years married then most likely outcome is you’ll just both be put back to where you were if the marriage had never happened as far as is possible.

What was the length of the relationship, where you together before the marriage?