Marriage, relationships & families

Hi Folks, I was wondering if you could help, I am going through a very bad divorce with a narcissistic abusive ex wife. We have finally exchanged voulantry Form E's and whilst I've been fully honest with mine she has lied on every page. It's clear she has funelled money to different accounts and people to hide her assets…

Hi there, so over 8 years ago now I split with my ex, I rented the house out for a short period of time as we couldn’t sell due to negative equity plus he didn’t want to stay in the house. I ended up moving back into the house after I paid him some money and got him to sign a letter I typed up saying he wound hand the…

Hi Brief version: Wife: main earner, main parent, put in all the planning and effort since 1997 to afford house etc Husband: low-skilled, no prospects to earn more, unable to maintain a household due to poor executive functioning, but good at driving kids to sport. Married 15 years, 3 kids under 16. Emotional abuse and…

Hi, we started the application for divorce nearly a year ago now. In early June we posted a financial consent order and all its related paperwork plus a £58 fee to HMCTS in Harlow. Since then we have heard absolutely nothing, should we have? I'd like to apply for the Final Order but don't feel that we can until we get…

Supporting an elderly relative who is selling their house and while the power of attorney is being done (which will take up to 10 months to be registered) wondering what we can do to help them manage the money from the sale - (they are not financially savvy). Is there a way we can open a savings account or similar for…

I hope you can advise. My mother in law has dementia. She was living at her other daughters house previously. The other son in law was the appointee and all he was receiving Attendance allowance and pension credit etc. Unfortunately they treated her not in a good way. She has been loving with us know since last Sept. . All…

Hi there, I could do with a bit of advice on work at the moment please. I currently work 7am-5pm (set off driving at 6.30am (to work) and don’t get home until 5.30pm) Monday - Friday and alternate Saturdays (8am-1pm). I do loads of hours and work feels like I basically live there spending more time with colleagues than my…

Hi, My wife and i are struggling with my mother in law (wifes mother - 62 years old) A couple of years ago she and her husband moved closer so we could help as he had been diagnised with dementia. Around a year ago, it got to the point where my mother in law could no longer provide the care he needed, and he is now in a…

Help. I'm at the end of my tether with this. I've been a council tenant for 21 years so earned 52% reduction on the price of my house in a RTB. I met my husband 5 years ago. We married 3 years ago. Now he wants to divorce me. !!!!!!!!!! And wants half the house. There's still £128000 left on the mortgages but house is…

Hi, myself and my fiance are going to Hatton Garden this weekend to look for an engagement ring. What stores do you guys recommend there?

Our parents divorced in the early 1970s. Mum stayed in the family home with my sister and myself. My sister (aged 59) has never moved out of the family home. Dad paid the mortgage (now clear). I have just found out his name is still on the title deeds and he has willed his half to my sister and me. My Dad is in a lovely…

My niece has a lovely boyfriend. They moved in together 2 years ago. He has 2 children from his previous relationship aged 5 and 7. They separated when the youngest was 14 months old and since then he has had both children every weekend and for most of the school holidays. His ex has had 3 live in boyfriends since then and…

Hello My mother and I are currently joint tenants of a house (done to help me out initially). I am beginning to think about the future and if (touch wood it doesn't need to happen) my mother needs to go into a care home, would it be better for us to stick to joint tenants, be tenants in common - 10% and 90%? OR transfer to…

I am joint and severally LPA for health and finances with my sister for my father who has dementia. The time has come for him to be assessed for residential and or nursing care. His mental capacity for making this decision himself or deciding where he would like to live is very much day to day and compromised at best. My…

Hi everyone,I'm trying to get my head in gear for the potential of having assisted fertility to start a family at age 40 (I froze my eggs when I was 36).Last year I was pregnant for a short spell and suddenly became very aware of how I had NO idea how much money I'd have to survive off for the duration of the maternity…

Hi. My brother had LPA for my Mum. She passed in April this year. 5 days before she died he executed transfers of all her estate to himself. Is this legal and is it possible? She did not have capacity at that stage.

So, my wife and I separated in 2022. We had been together and co-habiting since 1998, then married in 2018. We have one son, who is almost 21. He is at Uni but lives with me out of term time and sees his mum regularly. During the separation, she moved to her parents, and from the day she left never came back, apart from an…

So I am just getting my head around the D81 form and declaring debt, assets, etc. The part that still confuses me is declaring credit card debt. We both have cards in our own name (none joint) which were about even when we split. We have both spent on them since I think she has even paid for a holiday on her cards so I am…

I separated from my wife in July 2021 and moved out in October 2021 and have been in rental properties since. I then started divorce proceedings in July 2022. Having read the updated laws effective April 2023 I am unclear if I will need to pay CGT if the FMH is sold as part of the divorce. We are due attend our second…

Hi. My son is 17 and shares his time between me and my ex wife. My ex has just messaged me asking for my son's NI number, but she won't tell me why she needs it. My son doesn't know anything about it and doesn't know his number off by heart, hence her asking me for it (he is currently with her) Normally we are very open…