Is this a reasonable request

[Cornetti26]

I have been seperated from my husband for around 18 months, the separation was my fault.
Just before we seperated we bought a small house after many years of renting, with a deposit given to us by my parents. Because the mortgage is quite new and it was our first home there isn't any equity in the house other than the deposit which is around £10000. I have been paying the mortgage on my own since he left.

He doesn't give me any maintenance towards the children and I just about get by month to month so I don't ask him for anything. He wants me to give him £5000 to buy him out of the house, even though its a small amount, would I be right to say this is unfair given that he should technically be giving me around £600 per month in child support. All I want from the divorce is to keep the house.

Well £600×18= £10,800, so technically he still owes you. Tell him you keep the house and he has to start paying child support.

tell him fine and you’ll net off any share he’s due with the backdated cms he owes you

Take formal legal advice.

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You should start a formal cms claim - they will date it from the date of claim not backdate it so the sooner you make the claim the better.

don’t agree to anything without advice. Just be aware that costs will rack up v quickly

wherever you in divorce and settlement process ?

The house and child support are two separate things. Put in for CMS. Save up that money. And pay him off. Be aware though if the mortgage is in both your names he can ask to be removed from the mortgage and you will have to be stress tested for the complete mortgage.

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It’s not as simple as just giving him his %, you also need to get a mortgage for the full amount in your own name on your own salary, will you be able to do that?

CMS & the house are two entirely separate things, it’s not helpful to group them together in your mind.