Marriage, relationships & families

Hi all - hope someone can help. My mum has dementia and will soon need to move to a care home sadly. I'm just looking at if there's any way to fund her care without being forced to sell the family home. Does anyone know anything about the "Care and Home Inheritance Plan" / "CHIP" scheme? Their website - 'mycaremyhome' -…

Hi. My mum has dementia, and is highly likely to need to go into a care home imminently. I got a call from him the other day saying he would like to give me, my brother and my sister £3K each as a gift and I am wondering if this would fall foul of deprivation of assets - my Mum is being assessed next week (I am uncertain…

My adult kids still live at home. They're aged mid - late 20s. Nominal board paid, which I put in accounts in their names. So I pay for everything; I get frowned upon if I dare say cut the heating down, if the food selection isn't up to their standard...they want ready meals and pizzas etc. I've found that they, one by…

Asking for a friend who's going through a rough divorce. My friend and his wife are divorcing, they have a child. They are going through mediation and they seemed to be in agreement for a 50-50 split of the assets and 50-50 custody of the child. The wife just found out that in case of 50-50 custody, she will not be getting…

Its all a bit of a mess...... Son has Aspergers. Really struggled over the years but did really well and got into college. Started in Sep, moved into halls with his GF and a few friends. Brilliant all going well. Signed a lease 1st decemeber for a house next year with a few friends inc his GF. Now they've split up -…

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Hi allSo in this week's money saving email there was a link for 3 days free eHarmony premium for new joiners. So I clicked on the link and joined, as I was taking my time to word things right the website logged me out at the end and didn't save everything. When I logged back in I couldn't figure out how to get the 3 free…

Hello, I have been looking into the marriage allowance and completely understand how it works. But the thing I can not find is that if the partner that is earning less than the pre tax allowance also earns dividends does this affect the benefit for the other basic rate partner? Any advice would be appreciated 

Not sure where exactly to post this, I can't find anything similar to my situation already on the MSE forums! My wife and I have been legally separated for years. We have two daughters who board at a specialist school during the week, which has subsidised fees depending on parents' earnings. I usually have our daughters at…

We may be expecting twins. Still very early days but through IVF (well, ICSI) and early scans, it's showing two babies. We already have one toddler so have a lot of stuff (like clothes) and it's in our mind to have a tandem pram rather than side by side for ease of access. However is there a car out there, that isn't ugly…

So my ex was texting me loads yesterday morning asking to borrow £200 for car repairs allegedly 🤔 so me being me I transferred the money over. I texted her yesterday teatime asking if she got car sorted. Still not had a reply 🙄 think i can wave goodbye to the £200. Lesson learned 

Am trying to finalize my divorce finances, there is no house and no children involved, was married 24 years Ex wants 10k lump sum and pension split 60/40 in her favour (my pension worth 100k more than hers) I have offered 7.5k lump sum and pension split 50/50 She has refused and will only accept her suggestion, so looking…

Hi, is there anyone that might be able to answer a question about a legal case or know of anywhere that might please? It's a hard one. 30 years ago I was a victim. The person who inflicted the crime also did the same to another person. The other person pressed charges. At the time, it was not something I could face doing…

My new partner is separated and about to start divorce proceedings, she moved out of the marital home some time ago. They have 2 children, they have already decided on the split of which days/nights they will have the children between them. As we understand it, they will be encouraged to try mediation first. We believe her…

For background: I’ve grown up in a somewhat toxic family, lots of passive aggression and control - I’m now living in a different country and my relationship with them is growing more and more distant. Anyway - my mother who is a very cold and anti-social person messages me random things from time to time - I gather this is…

Happy New Year, fellow forumites! Appreciate that this may need some more detailed legal advice, but interested in views on this. Wife has elderly (80yo) aunty who owns a small (approx. 1 acre) piece of land, and said aunty wishes to leave said land to wife - and her will is made out to this end. Discussing with said aunty…

Was talking to a friend who has recently separated from his wife. They had been together 11 years and married 6. They have 2 young kids 5 and 4. I didn't really know the relationship well but all seemed good from the outside looking in. He told me that basically a year or two after getting married (so about 4 years before…

Following on from our December 2020 resolutions thread this is your chance to set your intentions for 2022. As with last year, things still feel unpredictable but hey if you don’t have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true? As always I’m taking some time to think and will come back and post mine in a couple of days…

My father will be going into a care home shortly and we will need to sell his house to enable us to pay care home fees. Can he gift his grandchildren (I believe £3k per year) from the funds of his sale or do all the proceeds need to left to pay for fees? The fees will be £80k per year.

Hi, I've just regsitered an LPA. I already have an OPG online account because I an attorney for my mother. When I log into my Attorney account I can see my mothers LPA but I cannot see my own LPA. Is this correct? Do I need a seperate donor account? Thanks