We’re going through financials and already had a directions hearing with the next one listed in 10 weeks. STBXH has suddenly accrued over 140k of liabilities and funnily enough he hasn’t earned a single penny in commission for the last 12 months which is unusual, prior to this it was on an almost monthly basis totalling approx 40k per annum. His employer is ruthless when it comes to non performers and you’d get sacked pdq.
His legal fees alone are four times mine and I’m the petitioner. My barrister was shocked at the amount he has spent in proceedings to date.
Can a firm falsify how much is owed by a client? They have so far refused to provide copies of invoices as part of financial disclosure. I’m a little concerned that he may be being billed for family business matters as well as our proceedings. Then he’ll recoup the cash from his family business at a later date. They have a longstanding relationship as it’s the firm that’s been used for the family business/trust for the last 20 years.
And does the court take into account, running up debts during divorce and historic earning capacity? So for example if he’s run up 200k of debt will that be paid from the joint assets prior to division or after? As that will undoubtedly have an impact on my ability to house our dc.