Hi,
My parents are getting divorced. My mother seems to have decided to make it as difficult as possible and use up as much money as possible on legal fee`s. For both of them to be able to buy a flat and live comfortably, assets would have to be split 50/50. She insists that she will not settle for any less than she has now. The house was inherited by my dad, although a house (worth a fair amount less) had to be sold to allow them to move into this one, the previous house was owned 50/50 I believe.
She is saying that it will go to court and he will pay all the legal fee´s as it was him that decide to leave. He says he is willing to split everything 50/50 and they pay their own legal bills.
She is a very difficult and stubborn person, always has been, thinks she is always right. She told me that her legal fee´s are a fixed amount for the divorce but refused to show me the paperwork stating this.
The main problem that I see is that with a big legal bill, one or both of them won´t be able to afford a good place to live.
What are legal bills likely to be for a drawn out mortgage?
What happens if someone appears to be excessively using their solicitor?