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Financial Query
Hi All, Myself and my ex partner separated in 2006, we agreed (not via the courts) but through a solicitor that I would pay support direct to my ex for my 2 children (subject to CSA regulations) until the youngest left full time education. The CSA guidelines at the time stated that I would pay 20% of my net income each…
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financial issues when splitting up
Hi all I'm in the early stages of planning to leave my wife and move out of the family home. I have a few questions I'd appreciate help with. some of our financial affairs are in my name only - obviously our joint accounts get split down the middle. I have approx £2.5k savings in my name only, and £4k credit card debt -…
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Divorced but need financial settlement.
I have been separated from my ex wife for 2 years now and divorced for 3 months. Although we are divorced, we do not have a financial settlement in place and this is something I now need to do so I can sort out my own finances and hopefully buy my own place eventually. The only Asset we have is the marital home which she…
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Food & board dilemma with 19yrs old son
This is my fist post on the forum and I hope I am posting in the right place. I'd like to hear how others might handle this situation please. I live with my 19 yr old son who is an apprentice and has a well paid Saturday job, earning close to £1000 pm. He has never paid me money for food and board. Initially, I gave him a…
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Contact stopped unreasonably
Hi, The summary is I am trying to find the quickest way to get Contact restored. My son is nearly 13. I separated from his mother when he was nearly 2. I have parental responsibility. I have seen him regularly (at least every other weekend plus some holidays) for those 11 years. I have always paid child support, initially…
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Request judge for retrievel text records on grounds for divorce
Is it possible and how would I go about retrieving records of old texts from a pay as you go Orange mobile on grounds for adultery and divorce ? I read one can request from a judge. These records are retrievable..yes,as GSCQ has them all already. Thanks :sad:
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50 birthday ideas
For a man. Any ideas cheap and cheerful?
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Equity split..... am i being reasonable??
Me and ex split leaving 2 kids and a house. I've moved out and let them stay in the mortgaged house. I believe the equity of the house should be a 50/50 split from date we separated. Any equity from then on is hers. I've said I'll wait for the ex to decide when she wants to buy me out or when to kids are both 18.…
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Child Maintenance Query
Me and my ex separated in April and I've since moved out and now living alone. I have the kids two nights a week and sometimes during daytime randomly before I go to work. She has since met someone else and he has been staying round the house with her near enough every night. I'm a self employed taxi driver full time and…
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Relationship breakdown
My partner has left with my son & moved into her parents. I offered to sell the house & half any profit but she said she was happy for me to keep the house if I could afford it. I have a daughter from an earlier relationship who stays every weekend so ideally keeping the house on would be great if I can afford it. As I…
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Divorce and pension question
Hi, not sure whether this should be in the pension section but it is related to a divorce many years ago? When I divorced my first wife, it was before the days of pension splitting however the court order did provide her with 1/6th of any 'maximum' lump sum. When the rules of my company pension changed making it possible…
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Divided the saving and she is gone crazy...
Hello, I just want your opinion to understand if I am really a bad man or whether it is totally acceptable. Since I could not trust her anymore, I split in half the saving pot we had and cancelled the overdraft. I took half and left her half. I have done that last week after officializing our separation...however, she only…
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Reasonnable weekly budget for food?
Hello, What is a reasonable weekly budget for food for one adult and 2 kids? Until we resolve our house situation, there is no way I could only provide the maintenance to my ex-partner as I still have to pay for the mortgage, etc. However, I am trying to work out numbers and how much additional money I should give her. I…
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Separation advice
Hi, Thanks for taking the time to read my post. I've been married to the same lady for 15 years. We are in our late 30s now. In the last few years, things haven't been so good and we have come to a point of divorce. For the kid's sake though, we have mutually decided to stay in the same house. My wife has not really worked…
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need advice daughter stopped paying for tv i bought on my store card
hello all please help me I bought in my name but delivered to her address a 3d tv, she was ment to pay the repayments to me monthly which was approx. £35 a month ,she has only made a few payments in the first year, can I reclaim the tv back. thanks ejmbon
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Separation advice for Cohabiting couple with a common kid and a step-daughter
Hello, Not too sure where to look nor ask for help so thought I should try my luck here... I have been in a 6y relationship with my gf. We are not married but we have owned a house together for the last 2 years. She has a 10yo girl from a previous relationship and we had together another girl, who is going onto 2. After…
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Mates stag do
I was invited on a mates stag do initially in February this year. I have known this guy for about 30 years, since we were tiny, but over the past few years our relationship has got pretty distant, not through my want of trying, i just always seem to get blown out, or never called/text these days by this mate. I do know he…
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advice on contact please
Hi everyone, My partner has a 5yr old son with his ex partner, they have been split 2years now. Contact is very inconsistent and we just wanted some advice whether theres anything he can do about this. My partner works full time and has one weekend off a month, the rest of the weeks he has 2 days off during the week. at…
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Really quite scared...
Hello there
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The free childcare entitlement
As someone who has just been through the process, I am interested in how other forum members have got on with accessing the free entitlement to childcare for 3-4 year olds (currently 15 hours per week, but to be increased to 30 hours per week). Where we live, the council provides very limited numbers of places at state-run…
