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Divorce

8 replies

Lucca22 · 05/10/2013 01:30

My solicitor put a petition in on bad behaviour sighting adultery, only to find that my husband's, second hand car sales man of a solicitor had sneaked his in first. Will this effect the outcome of the settlement, I want to keep the house, we have a 13 yr old son who lives with me. My solicitor said what they've done is against the rule of conduct between solicitors and she is furious, it's no surprise to me because he's a little shit along with the rest of them. His bit of stuff is still waiting for pay day to leave the family house to set up her seedy den with the yellow chicken of a low life H.

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neiljames77 · 05/10/2013 01:38

Does she have kids and does she want to take them with her or leave them too?

veryconfusedatthemoment · 05/10/2013 01:43

I was also very annoyed at ex trying to file on grounds of my unreasonable behaviour when he had committed adultery. So I cross petitioned. It makes no difference to settlements and did cause raised eyebrows. However I wasn't prepared to have him thinking he had the upper hand and so it was worth every penny.

Lucca22 · 05/10/2013 01:44

She's got one young boy, I gather she's taking him but they can't move because they are mortgaged up to the eyeballs. It sounds like they want to buy her ex husband out but the only problem is I'm getting in the way!

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Lucca22 · 05/10/2013 01:48

I wanted to cross petition but my solicitor said to let him pay his 30 pieces of silver for a seedy moment of so called glory.

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Cabrinha · 05/10/2013 09:07

One day, you'll be rid of him and this will just be one more pathetic thing he's done, and you really won't care that much any more - I promise.
I understand why it would make you angry now, but I recommending faking a "whatever" position, don't let him see. And just look forward to the fact that any way the process goes, you still end up shot of the arsehole!

NumTumRedRum · 05/10/2013 09:18

It makes absolutely no difference to the financial settlement. You will have been given advice on completing the acknowledgement, stating that you do not intend to defend the petition but reserve the right to answer any allegations in any related proceedings. Provided you do that, you can defend allegations in financial and children act proceedings. It's annoying yes, but save your energy and more importantly your money for the financial negotiations.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 05/10/2013 09:28

Assuming you're in the UK, it makes no difference to the financial outcome what reason is cited on divorce papers.

Lucca22 · 05/10/2013 09:53

Thanks, I think he wanted me to lose it so he could show me up and get some sympathy from wrk colleagues and the like 'see I told you so' moment. I'm not even going to go there, did it once in the early stages when I dumped all his clothes outside his office because he said he would admit to adultery if I paid court costs.....little yellow piece of rubbish. He's trying to wind me up by taking our son to see his trouble maker of a sister as many times as he can, again this little trick wont work because she is in the same bracket as him, a shallow little sh*t. Just looking forward to getting it resolved now, it's a horrible time and I wouldn't wish the hurt and lies on anyone, our son's the one I feel sorry for the most, he's lost a father he once looked up to.

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