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Grandparents desperately requiring free legal help for guardianship
4 years ago my daughter temporary left our grandson with us because she had difficulties coping with the seperation was her husband. She has never taken any responsibility for him and he has lived with us on a perm arrangement for 4 years. His father is not interested in taking on the responsibility of looking after him.…
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Advice regarding a pregnancy and failed vasectomy
Good Evening, My husband had a vasectomy back in Sept 2007 had 2 specimen tests and got the all clear from the hospital lab. I have just found out nearly 2 years later that I am pregnant and I have not cheated on my husband and never would. I have four children already but a termination is not an option for I wouldn't be…
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How to get a contact order
My oh has been separated from his ex wife since before i met him (we have been together 4 years) he has been trying to get a divorce but for some reason she continues to contend it. She asked him to leave once she had found out she was pregnant with their second child i don't know the full ins and outs of it all but she is…
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house sale and no maintenance payments
Hi, I seperated from my husband 18 months ago and live in the house jointly owned by both of us. My ex husband does not pay me any maintenance as he was made redundant 4 months ago and I pay the mortgage and all the bills myself. I hope to stay in the house until my son leaves college in 2 years time. Will my ex husband…
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how organised are you?
:confused: Following on from my last post re childrens beahviour charts, I am now interested to know how do you organised yourselves / your time. Do you have a set day for chores i.e. Monday windows/ tuesday ironing etc, who pays and organises bills/paperwork, who has main care of kids, who decides which dinner to makes…
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Problem with PWC - long one, sorry!
Hi I was wondering if anyone had experience of this kind of situation. My OH had an 8 yo DD to his ex. She's generally a bit of a nightmare anyway stemming from the fact she is still in love with OH (we've been together nearly 4 years) and is always trying to use his DD to get to him. When things aren't going her way she…
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School Fees
Need some guidance on the most tax efficient way to allow a godparent to pay for his godson's private education. The godparent has high accumulated wealth and capital assets and income and wants advice on how he can pay for school fees for one or more godchildren in the most tax efficient way. As he is currently giving 50%…
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Advice on relationship split
Good afternoon everyone. Heres my story. I have been together with my partner now for 12 years and we have a 9 year old son. We have a mortgage together on our house which has roughly £60k equity in it. We both work full time. Over the past 3 months or so our relationship has started to slowly dwindle away so much so that…
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Cooking a Chinese meal for a family Party. Need tips on which Beef is best/cheapest
Hi all Before anybody says this is not a money saving tip it is, because of this..... Our family have a get together a few times a month where the host family on each occasion pays for a massive take away for us all. Last time the cost of the Indian Take-Away was over £200 when they factored in the drinks. Well, our turn…
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Baby on a budget
I'm starting to panic and need a bit of help - our first child is due in 8 weeks and we're nowhere near ready. We have a few bits that people have given us but neither of us have ever really been around babies before and haven't got a clue where to start. We're also on a bit of a tight budget as my fiance is the only one…
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House and divorce
Just after some advice really on how things will work in a break up. There are two kids both still at primary school but as parents we dont get on and there is no love anymore so its time to look at our options. Basically we have a house on a joint mortgage is £520 a month. I would be the one to move out and she will look…
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MSE Parents Club Part 6
This is a continuation of the Parents Club part 5 which can be found HERE. Part 5 was eventually closed due to the length of it :) All parents are welcome, mums & dads with children of any age. We're also happy to help people who just have questions about kids, even if you don't have any yet. This is a place of mutual…
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Baby waking at night
Hi everyone. I have a little girl who is almost 10 months old. Since the age of 6 weeks she had been sleeping through 12 hours a night. I got so lucky :) For the past month or so she has been waking up at night again, at first it was once, I gave her a bottle because she seemed hungry, she drank the lot and went back to…
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My family's inherited wealth. Yours?
This isn't exactly money saving tips, but it is about wealth and family - feel free to delete if it's in the wrong spot. I scrolled down through the other categories but couldn't find a better spot for it. My grandma Clara has been on my mind lately. She has been gone for over five years and didn't live to see my first…
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Change of career...hope i've done the right thing!
This is my first post and isn't strictly moneysaving but have been lurking for a while and need some encouragement or advice. I have 3 young children, 2 at school and one 2 year old and for the last 8 months have worked for the local hospital in a clerical job. I enjoy my job but most of all it fits around the kids, i can…
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Behaviour charts
Have any of you used them? where can I buy/download a good one from. I have 2 DS's aged 6 & 10, lovely but very typical boys, tendancy to not do as anyone tells them except dad (who works away all week-trying to change this but in this economic climate its hard)...i just need some ideas please as to what to put on a chart…
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How much to spend on a wedding gift?
My husband and I have been invited to the evening wedding reception of one of my colleagues (along with loads of people from work, and their partners and kids). The invitation did not mention gifts, but they have apparently asked for money. I'm trying to be careful with the pennies but don't want to look stingy (especially…
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a bit shocked by teacher
i was a little shocked today, when my dd and her friend came out from school today a bit upset, saying her new teacher will cut off the tongues of any children who talk when she is talking!!!??? the kids in this class are 6 years old!! my dd is a little sensitive at the best of times, and certanlty will take things quite…
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8 Year old Girls & Friendships
Hi there - am wondering if any of you can help me. My 8 year old daughter has recently had a lot of fallings out with her friends. This has been going on since the last summer term and now back into the second day of school is happening again. It is a small school with a group of 6 girls in the class. Most days DD comes…
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Investigations for recurrent miscarriage
Hi, Following 2 miscarriages have been referred to recurrent miscarriage clinic. Had lots of blood taken for various tests. Has anyone had any experience of what to expect with this type of clinic?
