Hello everyone
This is my first post and I am looking for help for a friend. She has a 5 year old DS and owns a 2 bed house with her DP. She has discovered numerous infidelities (DP often works away from home) and wants to end the relationship. So far, so straightforward.
However, DP says that if he leaves he will pay child support and nothing else. He has offered to sign the mortgage over to her. He knows that she cannot pay the mortgage alone and is pretty sure that the house is worth less than they paid for it. The CAB have said that he isn't obliged to pay more than basic maintenance and that she has few rights as they are unmarried. She feels trapped.
My advice so far is: see a solicitor and get the house valued, so she knows where she stands. Has anyone else been through similiar? How did you persuade the ex to pay? She says that he won't do the right thing (ie keeping a roof over his son's head) unless he is made to. How can that be done without expensive court proceedings?
Many thanks for any words of wisdom or helpful websites.
elinorbellowed