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Dating post divorce ~ no 'umph'
Hey all, This is a post for those have walked the road of divorce and moved on in life. I am currently on the dating scene, plenty of people interested, but I am lacking the 'umph'; the drive to meet up week after week. The repetitive dance of getting to know someone new, for it to fail early on, smashing hope and all…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I give my child money for a property as I gave the others wedding money?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I have three children in their 30s. Two are married, and I contributed towards the cost of both weddings. My other child, who is single, purchased a property on their own and I lent them money towards the deposit. The amount they borrowed is similar to what I gifted towards…
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Complications with Deputyship for Property and Financial Affairs.
Hello, My mother has been in care for a few years with dementia and I've come across an issue. A Solicitors have started the application for my mother deputyship of Property and Financial Affairs. They sent a forum to myself and to my brother (whom I've recently reconnected with). I sent my form off some time ago and the…
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Historical divorce contract
Hi, my patents got divorced in the 1980’s and there was a legal contract put in place. I’m trying to get a copy of this as I believe this was not adhered to. I believe my siblings have took the original and are denying one existed to their financial benefit. I’ve tried writing to the courts but they say they only keep…
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Family law solicitor dispute over bills with no contract
I had a family law solicitor who did not sent me his terms of business to sign. Five months into the case he sent it raising the rates from what was initially agreed. I did not sign it and told him I no longer wanted his services. Now I'm disputing half of the fees with him and he wants me to sign a "mandate" which is to…
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Divorce/Separation Property
I am looking to research the potential impact of separation/divorce on my housing situation. married living in house worth 500-550k for past 10 years, shared mortgage about £180k. house bought with large deposit 160k from their family given with no terms/conditions re: me and share of home/value/future. One child, Our…
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Savings for Niece
I would like to make regular payments into an account for my niece however I currently have a rather difficult relationship with her parent (my sibling). Is it possible for me to open an account in her name without ID or consent from her parents?
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Lasting Power of Attorney - Certified Copy
Can anyone advise on a slight confusion I have regarding certifying a copy of an LPA? The gov.uk instructions state... Write the following text on the bottom of every page of the copy:"I certify this is a true and complete copy of the corresponding page of the original lasting power of attorney." On the final page of the…
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Financial Order, starting the journey
I've got to the Final Order Divorce stage without starting any FO paperwork. To be honest, I've been putting it off because I am scared myself sons and I are going to be a lot worse off. I am Resident Parent in the family home to our two sons 13+7 and have been for 14 months, the boys Mother lives some distance away and…
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Divorce
Hi All I'm new to this forum. My partner has just had his divorce finalised. Was very lengthy as his ex-wife was not very helpful in the situation. Also he had 3 solicitors through no fault of his. He went to the 3rd solicitor with decree nisi complete and all that needed done was to have his pension shared which he paid…
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finding marriage registration
anyone knows how to find if overseas marriage before citizenship has been registered in the uk. marriage was shariah based. i can see one can request a paper copy but which year to put it as for multiple years' input multiple payments will need to be made. is the first year when marriage was based and a visa was applied…
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Stamp duty on new home after separation
Grateful for any enlightenment. :) Married 2000.Left family home 2014 as we were not getting on too well.Spouse continues to live in property which is fully owned by us(no mortgage) as joint tenants.No children in this picture. From 2014 to present I have lived solely at my mother's home with her. Unfortunately she died…
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Cost to me of power of attorney
I am thinking of asking my son in law to have power of attorney for me as I am now 81 and am concerned that I could deteriorate mentally. A friend has power of attorney for someone and has said that he has been told that debt claims could be demanded for him to pay out of his own funds. Is this correct?
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Any advice regarding secondary school appeals please help!
Hello. I am absolutely dreading letting me son down. Any advice would be massively appreciated. Here goes... We moved house in December with the councils housing list as we won a property. We were put in band B due to my sons sensory processing issues. Unfortunately this was after the deadline to change school preferences.…
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Advice needed with ex husband's behaviour
I'm looking for some advice about how to tackle an ongoing situation with my ex husband and his behaviour towards me and the inevitable impact on our children. I separated from my ex husband two years ago, primarily because of his behaviour towards me in the marriage. We have two children together (now aged 6 and 2). We…
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Am I weird for being a complete and utter loner?
Since about the age of 12 I have not desired any friendships in my life and actively took steps to avoid social situations. I don't have anxiety or anything I just don't like spending time with other people. For my entire teenage years I isolated myself in school and just spent my break times in the computer science…
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Wife deleted wedding photos from social media
My wife of 4 years has deleted our wedding photos from her social media account and most of the pics of us together within the last year. There a couple of us from over a year ago left there. I have an account but seldom use it. Last night I happened to login and look on her profile to see the wedding photos. They weren't…
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Conflict with Nursery over fees
Good Morning all, I am looking for some advice. My daughter has been registered at a private Ofsted registered day nursery since she was 7 months old (she is now nearly 3). When I signed her up, I paid a month in advance as a deposit. During her time, her contract has been changed that many time I have lost count, and I no…
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Experience of Spousal Maintenance?
I've also posted this question on Quora... Is anyone in England or Wales willing to share their own divorce experience of "Spouse Maintenance"? How much you got and for what commitments and needs. How much would the court awarded for taking over a 300k home on a single 25k salary with a 6+9 yr old? please say if you'rw…
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Lasting power of attorney or something else?
Hi all, I currently help my mum (a pensioner) with pretty much all of her financial affairs. She DOES have mental capacity, but she's always been very nervous about dealing with this stuff, and her English isn't very good either. She recently had an issue on her bank account, because there were some fraudulent…
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