Marriage, relationships & families

I’m in need of some direction. We have a financial order in place and my ex and I have joint conduct of sale but my ex refuses to involve me as ultimately doesn’t want the sale. Until we have the sale I cannot move forward with the rest of my life. 7 months on there hasn’t been any viewings because the price is not…

Hi, first post. This is a bit of a weird one. It's not about trying to get any money back or who owns what it's to try to explain to my ex wife how housing and mortgages work. My parents gave us about £20,000 to help with our first deposit. They then gave 5 or 10 grand to help us on to the next more expensive house. We…

This thing called life continually throws spanner’s in the works. Twists and turns we don’t expect and those that we do, but still catch us by surprise. i have never had to deal with someone’s passing through the process of registering a death etc. yes I have dealt with grief, Dad passed in 2015. But my brother dealt with…

Hi, I am looking to hire a divorce lawyer to discuss the potential outcomes of a financial settlement should I wist to go ahead and separate. I would like to know if anyone here has made use of the so called free fifteen minute consultations that some firms offer? Do you actually get to discuss the ins and outs of a…

I’m planning to propose to my girlfriend of 5 years. I’ve done the worst bit… asking her parents. They were delighted. I don’t see them on my own very often so had to quickly ask for their blessing whilst out shopping and my gf went to try clothes on! Anyway, I said I have the ring but I’ve not decided when I’m going to do…

My dad is in a Home and has Dementia and my mum has just died. They have a joint account and all bills are paid from this account. I live at the rented accommodation with my mum and do all the food shopping etc from their joint account. Now she has died and dad can’t manage the finances, what do I do about using the joint…

Hello, I have a friend who’s a free loader and only realised this recently. My friend was a my +1 at a wedding and my mum picked her up (I can’t drive due to a disability) and dropped us off on day of at wedding. The agreement was she’d pay £20 petrol for my mum doing this. She hasn’t paid it. After, she left I text her re…

Hi there, I am after some advice please. Is possible to ring fence finances from my husband in case divorce is on the cards by creating a joint account with our son (5yo). I would need access to it as it would be funds for a rainy day (freelancer).

We have new neighbours, a young couple who I think are Chinese. They are a young couple and have moved here from around 30 miles away so probably dont have family round here and i want them to feel welcome. They have been working on the house and until today I wasn't sure they had actually moved in. I had seen them outside…

This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... We've bought Premium Bonds in the names of both our children as a way of saving for them. It's been going well, with both children winning small prizes most months. Recently though, one of them won a much bigger prize, so they now have much more saved than the other. Should…

Sorry if this has been asked before. I am setting up LPAs for myself. I have read conflicting reports about the number of witnesses allowed on an LPA. Some reports suggest that only one witness should sign for all the donor, attorney and replacements. The Gov.uk site suggests that each person can have their own witness…

Good evening. I'm going over the HIT400 etc., the calculations sent by my solicitors and noticed that the share ISA has not been included, only the Fund & Share (with some other shares).I read here https://www.gov.uk/individual-savings-accounts/if-you-diethat 'There will be no Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax to pay up to…

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post this but would be grateful of any advice. A parent of mine has recently died and from speaking to others they seem to think that there is a strong case of medical negligence and advised me to get in touch with one of these "no win no fee" solicitors. So I called one online…

Hi I am not sure of this is the right place to post but can't think where else to go. By the end of this year we will have to go to the council for help with dads care home fees. He started as CHC and is now self funding. I'll be 63 and the house is the only home I have ever lived in but he is the owner. I have been told…

I can’t seem to find an answer to this anywhere and thought maybe someone here had experience they could share. With the new system in place for unauthorised absence during term time, I am aware the fine price increases on the second fine. We were fined last year and I now wonder whether that fine counts towards the new…

Firstly, the irony of my username is not lost on me… My wife and I are separating after 15 years of marriage, though we have a 7 year old child. We wanted my wife to keep our jointly owned home as she will be the primary carer of our son, however she cannot get close to the required remortgage level that would have given…

Good afternoon, I am posting this on behalf of my son in law. He recently won residency of his son aged 4 after the mother decided after 2 years that she didn't want to look after him any more. They were never married, hence the need to go through the courts to secure his rights. Cafcass said that under no circumstances…

Long story short, couple where he drives, she doesn't, but he is currently having treatement and can't drive anymore. Both elderly, and not massively IT savvy. One basic problem is that they used to drive to the supermarket, but this is no longer possible. There is a reluctance to do online shopping. She still wants to…

back story, we jointly inherited a home last year which has now been transferred to my sole ownership. now my sibling wants to buy (or at least says so) but doesn't appear to be in any rush to find somewhere. fyi its a room and garage (which i want for my own car!) and is in a not so cheap part of the country now i do want…

My husband and I set up up Financial lasting POAs via a solicitor some years ago, we now want to organise health POAs also. I see that Which? offer an online service to help in the documentation preparation of POAs so I'm thinking of using them rather than a solicitor this time. So first question is - has anyone used the…