Hi, Brill site, have been meaning to join for ages, have finally found some "me time" so here I am.
My ex husband and I separated and divorced in 2005, I have stayed in the former matrimonial home with our 16 year old son whom has just started college. I receive child maintenance for my son and work as a teaching assistant at a local primary school. I would like to move on with my life and have recently broached the subject of my buying my ex out of his share of the house. Unfortunately he is not a reasonable man and says he will not sell unless I give him 50% of the equity, I can probably stretch to 40% but he says he will wait until my son has left full time education at which point he says he will automatically be entitled to 50%, is this correct? He also has some pensions the details of which he will not disclose to me, I was led to believe I may have a claim for 50% of the benefits of those too, does anyone know if I am correct in this assumption? I don't qualify for legal aid so to engage a solicitor at this point would be stretching my means unnecessarily, I know I will have to use a solicitor at some point but would be grateful if somebody out there could inform me of my entitlement to his pensions and whether I could force him to sell the house at this point, can he really have this hold over me regarding the house? I just want to move on with my life, all comments gratefully received. Thanks.