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Blended family - you name it, Ive a question!
Hoping this is the correct place to post This is our story: History: Wife (me): I was widowed - late spouse left all to me - estate didn’t exceed thresholds. We had 2 children I remarried. I entered new marriage with one property. I bought a new property with new husband. New Husband: He bought house. He met and lived with…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Am I short-changing myself by letting my stepmother live in my house for free?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I bought our family home from my father, who - before he died - said he wanted my stepmother to live in the three-bed property for the rest of her days. My stepmother, who I'm friendly with but not close to, is retired and lives there rent-free (I live and work abroad or else…
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Divorce and Mortgage in England
Hi. Following a previous discussion of mine, my friend is in the following position and needs advice. She is currently residing with teenage child in matrimonial home. Estranged husband is renting a house with 2nd teenage child. There is a non molestation order in place until 30 June 25 against husband preventing him from…
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Clean break order
I divorced my ex 4 years ago and have since remarried. We had no property or dependants when we divorced. I've been reading about a clean break order and wondered whether I should apply for one? The trouble is my ex and I do not have contact and I doubt he'd agree to it.
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Inheritances and gifts, consideration in divorce
Hello, I would like to know from those who are divorced and who received an inheritance and / or gift from relatives how were said inheritances and gifts taken into account in your proceedings. Were they split 50 50 or did you have to give most away? Many thanks.
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Power of Attorney
I'm 70 years old, currently fairly fit and with it. My only relatives and the only people to benefit in my will are my daughter and granddaughters. Is it worth setting up POA? Pros and cons?
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Should we get married?
My partner and I have been a couple for 20 years but still live in our own respective houses. After watching Martin's programme this week about the many advantages of marriage or civil partnerships we've discussed it. However, partner thinks as we don't live together we'd still have financial disadvantages if one of us…
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Equity from house to DIL
Hi All, My son and DIL are splitting up, thankfully it is amicable and currently they are still living in the same house. Instead of selling their house and taking an equal share of the equity the DIL suggested my son stay in the house (which is very happy to do) and take sole ownership of the mortgage through a…
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Reality of University Life - Moving Away from Home
I would really appreciate some advice please. My stepchild is absolutely adamant that they want to move away to go to uni in September. They have a couple of conditional offers for universities away from home, and one close to home so they could stay living with us and commute. They are not street wise, can do very little…
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Putting house in daughter's name
I'm
70, have my own (no mortgage) terraced house in a crappy area worth
approximately 150k on a good day. What are the financial implications (I'm
aware of the personal ones) if I transfer the house to my daughter now instead
of leaving it to her on my death? She's living with her partner and their 2
teenage children, has…
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Divorce/ Mortgage payment issues
I've been asking for help now for coming up to 2 weeks. The impact this issue is having on me and my husband has defintley changed how amicable we've become.So we jointly own our home ( he lives there) and due to ill health he's not working. He's missed one mortgage payment, and won't be working for the foreseeable future,…
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Can a joint bank account be frozen if the overdraft is being used?
I am going through a divorce and have a joint overdraft with my ex husband, the account has an overdraft that has been used , can the account be frozen with a dispute so as to get ex husband to take 1/2 the responsibility of the debt? would this help stop defaults for me ? ex husband refuses to communicate.
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Division of House Equity - Advice Needed
My partner and I have decided to separate amicably. We own our property jointly (50/50) and we have both contributed equally with the upgrades. We've had 3 x local estate agents come and value the property. All three said that the marketing price is £250k. The last one said that realistically we can expect the property to…
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Do I report my sister??? power attorney forged signature?
In sept 2022 my father who was 91 at the time and i went to a solicitors to have him draw a POA registration up for myself all agreed and discussed with his social worker . 1 week later my father informed me my sister and her friend attended his home and spent two hours a attempting to get him to sign a POA form printed of…
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How do I apply for Sole Conduct of Sale
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…
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Parents gave money for house deposit now divorced.
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…
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Embracing the new family dynamics and looking forward to the future with optimism
I usually have some sort of sewing related title to my threads. My diaries of how I cope, or don't cope with my unusual life. But I have lost my Sewing Mojo at the moment. Moving forward with a two year old, a four year old, a 12 year old, and four Adults who still take up my time I doubt this single Granny is going to…
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Travelling the unknown path of dealing with Mums passing
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…
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dating sites or apps recommended??
i havent looked for a long time but would like to try and meet someone nice online, can anyone recommend any sites. i dont mind paying if it stops fake profiles etc i dont carr about distance either. thanks for any recomendations?
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So called free initial consultations - divorce financial agreement
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…
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