Rights in leaving DP

[Picoloangel]

Hi all

I am currently in should I stay or should I go mode with my DP, a situation I find myself on a worryingly frequent basis.

I am not sure what my rights are. We own our property 50/50 - put in roughly equal amounts and have always spilt all of our bills 50/50. I presume on this basis that we would walk away with an equal share. However we have a 6yo daughter who I suspect would live with me. I don't think DP would want her to live with him on a 50/50 basis and I don't think she would want that either but I am v keen for them to maintain a close and good relationship and to do whatever I can to ensure this.

My question is whether I would be entitled to a greater share given that I m likely to be the one with primary care of DD?

I am by no means certain of whether we should split but do feel some information on my rights would be helpful.

Thanks

You need proper legal advice. You aren't married which puts you in a tricky situation.

You won't be able to end up with more than half of the house, but you might be able to postpone sale if you won't be able to properly rehouse self and daughter.

See a solicitor about a TOLATA claim or a Schedule 1 Children Act claim.

Thank you for this. I have a good job and tbh if it came to it I would rather have a clean financial break. Neither of us could take the house on but there is a lot of equity in it so I think we would all be OK financially.

I'm very much hoping that some long overdue counselling will help us to move forward.