Marriage, relationships & families

My granddad is in a care home dementia and my aunty is the next of kin and she is stop me and brother from see him . It take me long time to see find where he is lives now . And they have gone made at me . All of this due me and siblings gone init to foster at young age . And my mom passed way 6 year now and they have just…

Had a short marriage of 4 months. Got the marriage annulled. Decree nisi was obtained. The ex then out of blue asked for a clean break consent order and asked my solicitor draft it up. So we obliged and I filled in d81. Now ex won't sign the consent order nor exchange d81 and refusing to do so. She keeps playing games and…

My granddad is in a care home dementia and my aunty is the next of kin and she is stop me and brother from see him . It take me long time to see find where he is lives now . And they have gone made at me . All of this due me and siblings gone init to foster at young age . And my mom passed way 6 year now and they have just…

Good afternoon, I have two questions….. 1. How exactly is annual unearned income calculated? ( I earn £13,200 from lodgers per year) 2. Can/do the csa back date maintenance payments. I have had a verbal agreement with my ex for the last 5 years of how much she wanted each month. I have not missed a payment and during this…

Good morning. I'm after a little advice. My Son being age 17, half Thai/English has a Thai and English name on his passport and birth certificate but wishes to drop his Thai name. Can he just not use it anymore? How would this work for I.D purposes, bank account, driving license etc? Thank you

Hi, My mother-in-law has just gone into a care home due to having dementia. Most of my father-in-law & my mother-in-law’s bank accounts is combined in joint accounts, do we need to separate the money so that my father-in-law’s money isn’t used to pay for my mother-in-law’s care? We currently can’t access some of her money…

Trying to navigate a DIY divorce to keep costs down and my Wife doesn't want to share her financial position for the consent order. Let's just say she's a complicated difficult person, she's not hiding any money (if anything she's hiding debt that she's too embarrassed to tell a soul about), and frankly I don't care and…

My father recently passed away, and in accordance with his will, his 50% of the family home is in trust for myself, his child, rather than passing to my mother who holds the other 50%. The probate process has been straightforward, but several times the solicitors have said we STRONGLY recommend an additional trustee be…

Hello folks, I'm keen to know: If you live with your partner and you have different paydays, does this affect how you pay your bills? If so, how do you deal with it? Joint account experiences and suggestions are very welcome, but I also hope to hear ideas for couples who don't want to set up a joint account at the moment.…

Hi, currently going through the motions of divorce. Fairly amicable. We have 90k to split from the family home equity, I earn 70k she earns 14k working 2 days. I have the kids (5&7) 2 days/nights a week. I have a new house sorted already. We initially agreed on 80/20 of the equity so she could afford somewhere (3 beds in…

So long story short…. I have got into debt, mostly by not being able to say no to people & wanting to make everyone happy, my husband especially. (I am now haning counselling!) Alot of the money has gone on home improvements, as such we have taken out a secure loan to repay the debt. He however has asked that I ask the…

Hi Im hoping someone might know the answer as I don’t know where else to ask or look. Im at teaching assistant working two days a week I earn £585 per month before any deductions. My 17 month old goes to nursery one day a week which costs £194 per month and I normally pay this through the tax free government account. I…

Can anyone suggest any similar wipes to Huggies? Amazon used to do huge boxes for about £12 but now they're £20. I don't like water wipes. I prefer the "towel" type wipes rather than wipes that you can stretch - like Asda Little Angels for example. Thankie

I was not sure where to post this question, so I hope it is good here The drink I have recently had is artificial sweetener free and low sugar. There are other similar drinks at Tesco & Morrisons two of our local shops but they all contain a lot of natural sugar, added sugar or artificial sweetener. This is the one I drink…

Hi all, I need some help/advice as I am worried/concerned about my wife's welfare. We had our first baby almost 5 months ago. She was difficult from day one, not sleeping and crying since was born. My wife had 3 unpleasant days in hospital and no support whatsoever and then went home where we started to learn and adapt to…

I was a little unsure where to post this, as there are relationship, legal and tax aspects, but here goes... My partner and I, who've been romantically involved for many years but lived separately ("A"), have decided to move our relationship forward by finally cohabiting, getting married and combining our finances ("B").…

Hi We need to apply for both types of LPA for my mum. Both me and my brother are going to be the appointed attorneys and as one of the attorneys I'm going to do the application for mum. Can anyone offer any advice for going through the application. It all seems fairly straight forward but I was wondering if there were any…

Hiya there i know ideally I should ask a solicitor but just curious. if my and my partner have a house held jointly in our names and a bank account held jointly in our names, can his ex wife claim any of that? they are divorced but no clean break clause. thanks

This is not a question about whether or not spousal maintenance would be ordered in my case or for how long it would continue. I've spoken to various solicitors and concluded my case is too borderline for anyone to make a call on it! I've also been advised that it would almost certainly end when my youngest is 18 and be…

Anyone considering becoming a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) or appointing an LPA might find this essential reading: https://www.gov.uk/lasting-power-attorney-duties There’s a lot of ‘musts’ and ‘must nots’ in it. I think they’re legally binding. (Sorry: wasn’t sure which topic to post this under).