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Question about social services procedures in the early 1990’s
Hi. I’ve recently been talking to a friend who’s interested in tracing some long lost relatives. She’s given me some details of her early life and there’s a few things which don’t quite add up. When my friend was a toddler in 1993 she was taken into the care system as her mum was unable to look after her for complex…
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Sue divorce solicitor
Hello, I've posted on here about a protracted divorce, it is finally near to a conclusion. This I have managed to finalise myself. I withdrew from my solicitor's services 2.5 years ago as I felt they had not been particularly helpful, and I had ran out of money. I will lose out on a large sum of money as they made an error…
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Can anyone recommend a solicitor or advisor for help with a school appeal
Hi everyone, Can anyone advise? I am moving from Hull to Halifax in August. As the move is fairly new, I have recently applied for 3 secondary schools for my daughter. She will be going into year 7. This week we received a letter to state she has got a place at the 3rd choice. The thing is the school is not a good school…
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Am I still a step-dad?
I was divorced some 20 years or so ago after a marriage that only lasted a couple of years. I have never re-married, I do not know what my ex's present marital situation is. A few years ago I made a will leaving some money to my ex-wife's daughter. I am now considering rewriting my will and am wondering if I have any legal…
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Advice on music and the Koran.
A daughter married a Muslim and now follows Islamic rules regarding dress/food/etc.etc. However,now having a first school age son,he very much enjoys music and dancing along with his friends at school and on various music sites at home. This is causing friction as his father,a very strict Muslim,says music should not be…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Was I wrong to pay my mate back in fish and chips?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My mate recently lent me £5. Last week he came over for dinner in the garden, and I'd bought us both fish and chips. He asked if I had the £5 I owed him, and I said that was what I'd spent on his meal. He got upset about me "charging him for food", and said he'd do the same…
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Dating & gifts
I been dating a nice lady for a few months, just the past few weeks we have gone more serious. We are not living together. We talk daily and plan to meet weekly too. Last time I took some flowers (first time thus a large bunch). When she visited me she brought me a nice gift. Ideally like to buy her flowers more often, but…
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Debt Repayments
Hope this does not come across as a silly question; but I am going around in circles on Google. Both my husband and I have separate debts prior to our marriage; but we want to organise a plan to pay them off. Previously I was with CCCS a long time ago which helped me and I was wondering does anyone know if we would be able…
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Have you suffered from not having a will? Tell us
Hi everyone, We’d really like to hear from any Forumites who have experienced the effects that not having a will can cause. If you’re happy to share your story, please post in the thread below. If you’ve seen any relevant threads or posts elsewhere on the forum, please do share the links. We’re looking to do a feature…
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Joint House Ownership and Assets Help
I am the joint owner of a property with my dad who is helping me to buy it. We have about £30,00 left remaining on the mortgage. He has suggested signing it over to me as it occurred to him that his share may be counted when it comes to being assessed for care costs should they be needed. He does not live there with me as…
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Removing ex partner from joint mortgage
Hi all i have a solicitor but she doesn’t seem that great. I have a joint mortgage with my ex partner ( he wasn’t very nice and moved out in October 2020). He paid half of the mortgage since we owned in January 2018. I put in approx 85k, deposit, stamp duty and paid 10k in building materials and fittings using equity I had…
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Paying out a partners beneficial interest
Hi. Situation is that I and long term partner are splitting up - we are not married. The house we live in is in my sole name, however we have both jointly paid mortgage, council tax, utilities and the like. We have agreed a figure that ex-partner is happy to receive to vacate the property and relinquish further rights etc.…
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LPA signature
I hope this is in the right place, if not please move. I typed in my certificate providers name as, say, Jane Smith, but she has signed it as J P Smith, I didn’t know she had a second name. Do I have to start the signing process over again, or will this be acceptable? I’m currently hanging on the help line waiting to ask…
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Closed
Deleting my post for privacy of people involved. Thanks all.
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God parent dilemma (or in my case non dilemma).
Hey everyone. Do people think it is necessary to have God parents. And if you're definately having 1 is that enough? Basically other half has a sister and thats simple for the godmother. However she has tasked me with finding/picking a God father. And frankly I don't want to. She isn't from the UK and we live in her…
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How do you handle kids littering your carpet and upholstery?
Gush... I hate cleaning... it drains me alot. As a mom, my kids are always playfully running around. My dog will always wee on the carpet and I am tired of carpet cleaning all the time. Any advice? Right now, I am looking for Carpet Cleaning Services in Rockville, MD. i stumbled on this Residential Carpet Cleaning in…
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Money Moral Dilemma: I sold the books my brother didn't want - should I share the money with him?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... For the last four years, I've stored various things given to me and my brother at my house. My brother's made it clear he doesn't want any of them, so I've begun to sell some to free up space, and sold a couple of books online for £50. Now my brother says I should give him…
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Child Maintenance Service Not Contactable?
Hi Folks, is anyone else having a nightmare trying to get in touch with the CMS? I have tried calling them, but they only seem to be open M-F 9.30am to 3.30pm and the waiting time on hold has been around an hour before I've given up. I know they will blame Covid etc, but surely after over a year of this they would have…
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Child Maintence(CMS) Nightmare?
Recently my well paid ex-husband lost his job in the city. He is 54 now and has no intention of working again. Even though he is worth millions he stopped paying me child maintence for my 2 sons because under CMS rules the paying parent needs an income. Now he has promised my older son (17) a car and money if he lives with…
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Is my heart ruling over my head?
My work choices are having an impact on my relationship and I have really exhausted my thinking…Not sure if this type of post is welcome here and apologies for the length of it. Back in 2019, I applied to become a Police Officer, which is something I had always wanted to do. At the age of 27, I started working as a…
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