Marriage, relationships & families

Hi, For those of you that have had experiences with Deputyships..... I am about to apply to be a deputy for my mother who is in the advanced stages of Vascular Dementia. It's a long story so I'll keep to the questions I have, What happens to the funds in joint accounts (my 82yo stepdad is still with us and the account that…

Hi I have LPAs for both my mother's finances and welfare. The Local Authority (LA) has advised us that we would need to switch to Direct Payments for her to continue to receive care from her current home care provider which we are very happy with, as the LA intends to switch her care provider to more local services. I have…

have had a look on the board but keeping getting closed site, i'm Looking for recommendations for dating sites for over 50s, 

Hi I have been trying to search Gov website in regards to my rights - but its a minefield. Basically myself and my ex partner have a mortgage together - he left - now not paying any CMS (different battle) and hasnt paid a penny towards mortgage in over year. With the rise in interest rates I am now struggling to cover the…

Afternoon fellow Forumites, Well it looks like my parents will finally be getting divorced. They've been married and living together 30+ years, they are both over 60 but under SPA and retired. Together they have 3 adult children all living elsewhere and all over the age of 30 including myself. One of them has decided to…

My friend and his wife have decided to split and its turning a bit nasty. They both own the house and she agreed to sell but has now changed her mind. He was staying there but is now sofa surfing due to rows when he was in the house. Three kids under 18. Can he continue to live there/ should he continue to live there and…

I feel that this must be a common problem, but I can't find mention of it elsewhere: My mother-in-law registered two Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs), Finance and Health. She only has a state pension so paid the concessionary fee as her annual earnings are less than £12k. I organised it all for her and sent the forms off.…

In the past, I have received some incredibly helpful info regarding Wills and LPA's. However, I found myself reading into it and feeling overwhelmed with considerations such as putting them in Trust to avoid inheritance tax etc, delaying my action! My circumstance: - Age 38 - Living with parents, whilst saving for mortgage…

So I have a question about moving in with my long term partner. My partner and I have our own houses, we are thinking about selling mine and I move into her home. I’ve said I could not do that and feel like it was my home as well as hers unless I own part of the house. So we have discussed I pay 50% of the value of hers…

Hi all, lookin for advice really. Boyfriend and I been together over 20 years and have one son aged 21. Live in a house that we bought together however things haven’t been great for a while. Have decided to separate and it’s amicable. As we bought the house together we are both on the deeds to the house and will have a…

This may seem like an odd question, but my dad lives alone and has been divorced 12 yrs and in those 12yrs things have got worse. In some ways he is extremely tight with money. He prides himself on how little he spends on gas and electricity. He will measure water before boiling it, sit in the dark to watch TV, turn every…

I’m trying to understand roughly how much should a financial settlement cost via solicitors for divorce? I’ve recently had a quote through for between £5k-£10k is this reasonable? this would include assistance with Form E, negotiations and submission of consent order. TIA 

I’m needing a copy of my marriage certificate to close an old bank account. I got married in Gretna Green - anyone know who or where I apply to get it please ? TIA 

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How do I find a solicitor to put my parent’s property into my brothers and mine name or a trust of some sort? Thanks 

I have a friend who is currently living in a house with her two children. Her mortgage is joint with her boyfriend. Boyfriend has cheated, moved out and is demanding the house be sold so he can have his "money".. He has no interest in the children's wellbeing. My friend cannot afford to carry on paying the mortgage on her…

Hi, Hoping for some advice. My husband has moved out of the country but we still joint own a property with a mortgage. I pay for the mortgage and everything. We still have a joint account which the only thing being paid in is my earnings but obviously the mortgage is going out which is in both our names. There are also…

Hi, Myself and my brother are POA for my mother. At the moment we are trying to sell my mums property to fund her care. An offer has been received which i want to accept however my brother does not. Can i accept the offer acting severally or do we both have to agree?

Hi all I have been living with my partner for 3 years, in a house entirely in his name. When he purchased it, I put £15k into some refurb and large purchases eg new kitchen and bathroom. I own another property (with a mortgage) that i used to live in, which i now rent out to my daughter. I pay a proportion of my partner's…

Hi everyone, I need some advice on what I can do.. sorry for the long story but it’s hard to shorten it lol I’ve got 3 boys the youngest is 3 months old. He was born with bilateral talipes (clubfoot) which was picked up on the 20 week scan so we knew about it and discussed treatment with doctors at our local hospital…