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Need a brutal divorce lawyer

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Todayisanewday75 · 03/05/2019 19:02

Can anyone recommend one in London? My cousin is going through an awful divorce. All his wife wants is money that is technically his but has been put in her name for tax reasons. The worst thing is the impact on the children, she won’t let him near the house but barely looks after them.

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FromDespairToHere · 05/05/2019 10:16

If the children are being "barely looked after" then shouldn't his priority be them rather than money?

howwudufeel · 05/05/2019 10:18

The fact that the children were an afterthought struck me too. Money really is an obsession to some people.

MarthasGinYard · 05/05/2019 10:19

Did you decide to stay with your husband in the end Op?

lljkk · 05/05/2019 10:42

Google works well for me. Lots of divorce lawyers in London.

Which movie had the line "I want a lawyer who would sell his own mother!" ? Cue a scene with lawyer appearing to shaft his own mother on behalf of client. At which point the movie star (Danny Devito?) is delighted to hire THAT lawyer.

SwiftyT · 05/05/2019 10:44

He sounds like a prick (if this is even true). Shouldn't his priority be making sure his child is being looked after not hiring a 'brutal' lawyer to screw over their mother.

Also, they were married and have a child together, it's not his money, it's theirs especially as he's content to stash it in her account to avoid tax.

What a charmer he sounds.

category12 · 05/05/2019 10:46

It's not technically his money, it's an asset of the marriage and belongs to both of them.

If there's already such bitterness in the split, he might want to take a few steps back and try to disengage emotionally and stop fixating about getting "his" money, and actually think about what's best for the dc. Which is not a hideous extended legal battle with the pair of them gouging for every penny.

Oliversmumsarmy · 05/05/2019 10:51

Technically it is marital assets.

Not his money.

Once he gets his mind round that then he can move forward. Until then he is just going to get himself worked up over nothing.

He can get a lawyer and go after her to stop her disposing of any marital assets in her name. But on the money front that is all that he can do.

He can also get access to his children through the courts.

Don’t forget these assets that he thinks are his will be used to provide for his children.

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