Splitting up

[Risky1996]

Me and my husband are on the verge of splitting up I’m gonna have to move out the home because it’s in his name, where do I start how do I get a house for me and my kids benefits etc? Please comment anything to help I never been in this situation

Since you're married the house is a marital asset, so you don't need to move out. It will have to be sold, or one of you buys the other out. See a solicitor. It's their busiest month though.

As you are married it is irrelevant whose name the house is in. Do not move out until divorce proceedings are underway and the equity and split of any marital assets is decided.

You need to register your interest in the house with the Land registry https://www.gov.uk/stay-in-home-during-separation-or-divorce Get legal advice whether you shoud stay or move out. You can get universal credit as a single person even while in the family home if you are genuinely living separately. You can also get UC including housing costs if you did decide to rent (assuming you are eligible due to savings etc) but only while the divorce / financial settlement is sorted - once you get any capital out of the house this would affect UC so you would ideally need to stay in family home or be able to buy something else otherwise any capital you get will just go on rent. You need your own bank account and the child benefit and UC for you to go into that from now on. There would be about a 6 week wait for UC to be paid. You would also need a rent deposit / references. You can look up child maintenance calculator and benefit calculators online. Citizens advice can provide free advice. I know the advice on here is always to stay in the family house but for all people I know it has made no difference to the financial split if someone has rented temporarily, especially when they take the chidlren with them. Gingerbread is a charity with info for single parents.

Do not move out!

I was always told by legal professionals it's far harder to get you back in if you do move out

It’s a rented house and the house is in my partners and housemates name, I’d rather move out tbh can’t afford the house I’m living in and I hate this house- we are married

How long where you married for