My (soon to be) ex husband and I split up two and a half years ago. we earn similar amounts of money and we owned a house together.
We have a son who is now fourteen and who spends half and half with us. We generally split the costs of his care and thus maintenance as such, is not an issue.
We sold the house a few months ago and split the equity down the middle. We have both gone on to buy our own houses.
We are now divorcing which is relatively straight forward as we have lived apart for over two years.
So....do I need to also go to a solicitor and sort out a clean break order? I will be rewriting my will soon and, if one of us were to die, we have kept our work payouts in each others names, with the obvious premise that this would be passed on to our son once he reaches 18.
I do understand that a clean break obviously prevents an ex spouse making future claims but I have also been told that a clean break order can't be done with children under 18?
Thank you