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Divorce Help
Hi, My husband moved out suddenly 6 months ago after 30 years together. He moved into his Mother's and started a new relationship with someone else. I was left in the family home with my 3 kids . I started Divorce Proceedings after 5 months as was emotionally overwhelmed and had just started a new job 10 days before he…
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Improper person applying for lasting power of attorney of my parents affairs
My father has shown me letters he has recently received from
the Office of the Public Guardian. Two letters addressed to himself and two to
his wife (my mother). One pair of letters reads: ‘An application has been made to
register a lasting power of attorney (LPA) for health and welfare on
your behalf’. One addressed to my…
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Paying dad's care costs
My Dad lives in England and moved to a care home and is rapidly running out of money. He does own two properties, one is his old house that is a leasehold and is currently empty (he is not allowed to rent it under the terms of the lease). The other is a small house in Bradford bought 2 years ago for £54k that earns him…
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Mortgage - Breaking up, what are my rights?
3 month ago I moved into my first home with my ex. I paid all the fees and paid for the deposit. I literally paid for everything. Unfortunately we are now breaking up, I want to take them off the mortgage and take it on myself. I have agreed to giving them money I owe them for half the things we have bought etc also I have…
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Undertakings in place of Non-Molestation Order?
I have applied for a Non-Molestation Order against my ex-partner. We've had the initial hearing and she has asked for me to consider accepting Undertakings instead of pursing the NMO. We've now agreed on the terms of the Undertaking and I am happy for us to proceed on this basis. We have the final hearing booked for the…
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Do I just let him sell the house?
Hi all, Dad is I'll with COPD and has been for years. Being in lockdown has made his mobility worse and he struggles to do simple things like take clean washing back upstairs, doing a food shop alone ect. He has for the last few months has this great idea of selling the house as it's in bad shape and needs work and just…
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Contentious probat
Hi, I'm presently going through a contentious situation with my half brother. My father died in February 20, and since this time I have been given letters of administration as there was no will. My brother did apply for this, however he put the wrong date of death on his application, was given letters and then I contested…
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Care Home resident and personal expenditure
My 97yo Nan has been in a care home with dementia for the past 6.5 years. My Mum has POA. Nan's flat was sold to pay for her care and she has around £20K left. Just recently the care home has been ringing my Mum to say Nan needs more spending money taken to them as Nan has spent it. We're unsure what on. She doesn't go out…
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Renew drivers license photo
Hi all hope you're well, my wife's photo on her drivers licence is about to expire, can she use her passport as there linked now? The only problem is it's in her maiden name (passport) and dosn't expire untill 2023
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How to keep money separate with equity?
Hi! I hope I have posted in the right section and hoping someone can help me please. I own (mortgage) a home with my husband. A very dear friend of mine has offered to gift me a large amount of money to pay off a Help To Buy Loan we had to take out to buy the house. Although our relationship is secure, my friend would like…
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Self employed cleaner
Hi all, just got a lovely new cleaner recommended from a neighbour on Next Door. She is paid for 3 hrs a week and self employed. I have done no checks re right to work etc as she is currently used by other neighbours. Do I need to check on her legal status etc? All I can find on here is that self-employed do not need…
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Court costs for family law proceedings
Hi, Is there any forum users got a solicitor representing them in family law proceedings as I've been in touch with a solicitor that said for the first hour it costs £250 for the initial consultation and that during that consultation I would be told what the cost would be for representation and that the solicitor in…
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School iPad scheme
I can only find older threads regarding this - my youngest child’s school has just changed to an XP school and we are being strongly encouraged to buy an iPad through their school scheme - seems out of touch with current financial constraints ( redundancies) and surely kids have spent enough time on devices ? But just…
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Council charging for clearing dead brother council falt
My brother has just passed away and the council say that we need to clear his council flat. We are not of good health and can't afford to pay anybody to do it. Can the council charge us for this. We haven't signed anything so far, including the termination notice that would appear to make us liable. There is no money in…
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Dog dilemma
I’ve recently moved house (bungalow) and have spent the last three months updating it at great expense and living in a building site. Thankfully it’s now finished and I absolutely love it. This is the dilemma. My brother snd sister in law will be visiting briefly for a couple of hours. My SIL is not the easiest of people…
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Best way to D.I.V.O.R.C.E... as quickly, painlessly (yes and as cheaply) as possible...
So me and the husband separated in October 2019... it was all pretty amicable, as amicable as these things can get, but we're still married and I really feel we need to take care of that! We owned a house together, that was sold last year and the proceeds split between us, we don't want to touch each others'…
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Amend agreement after divorce
Hi, I divorced in March this year and the Financial greement reflect what we have decided. We agree to sell part of the garden, my ex pocketing the ££ in order to move out and clear his depts, while I would retain the house until the younges is 19y old, 50/50 on the kids custody.Now, we sold the land, he has the ££ and he…
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Pet Insurance for 10 animals, insure or save?
We have 10 pets (mixture of strays, given to us and all that jazz) 4 dogs, 6 cats. Quoted with Bought By Many for 15k worth of cover = £2506.57 per year. My partner and I have different opinions, he says we shouldn't insure and just save, I disagree. Whilst saving 2.5k a year would be great especially if none of them need…
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Probate: Banks not responded after 7 months
My father died back in December and left very clear instructions about what his beneficiaries would get. The will is very simple. Property 1 goes to persons A(me) and B and that's it. The rest of the estate goes to his partner. We kind of inherited a solicitor who my father had spoken with to handle things. We gave him all…
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stepdaughters address issue
my stepdaughter has just moved into her boyfriends flat which he rents through the local council.however he has told her she cant have her post delivered there and so it keeps coming to our house. is this legal or does it have to go to the property she now lives in
