Blocked from using financial settlement to buy house share.

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Me and H separated a while ago. He always had control over the money side of things.

We did mediation and came out with an MOU of 50/50 even though kids will stay with me full time ( he has no interest in having them).
He moved put in February with no forwarding address or details and won't reply to my emails.
He owed me 50K as a lump sum with which I planned to buy another share in the house.

However, the conveyancer needs to see his statements for the anti money laundering process which my solicitor asked him for via email and which he has refused to give ( he did email her back).

I also sent a polite email to which he didn't reply.
So, I'm stuck with 50K and not able to use it because he just wants to be difficult.

Is there anything else my solicitor or I can do to enable me to progress?
Mediator we used will not answer emails either from myself or the solicitor and my solicitor thinks she should have had a copy or at least seen them.

where did you get the mediator from?

https://www.amydixoncoaching.co.uk/

Do you have a court order? The order itself should satisfy the MLRs shouldn’t it? You need to be investigating solutions with your conveyancer.

Your solicitor should get advice from the Money Laundering Reporting Officer at her firm.

Do you have anyone in your life with 50k in savings? A parent maybe?

Id stop worrying about using ex’s 50k for the house and instead use your parent’s 50k with a clear paper trail and signed off paperwork. And then I’d gift 50k back to the parent after the house sale has gone through…

If you are divorced the divorce paperwork will satisfy the regulations (been there done that).

if you are still married and don’t have any written record of the separation agreement then it’s more complicated.

Use a different conveyancer, some are more fussy than others.

We're at conditional order stage. Court needs to sign off financial order before I can then do the final divorce.

I'm not sure if anyone can lend me the money for now.

I may try a different conveyancer.