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Advice Needed - Married & Separating - Mortgage & Kids
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Advice please
After 25 years + marriage I'm out of the house and back home living with my parents. Only gone a week so early days I know. Wife has been to a solicitor on Monday but I think only for advice and not to iniciate any proceedings as I've received no correspondence as yet. My question is what's my next step here, she has the…
Fines for term-time holidays almost double in a year - MSE News
The number of fines issued to parents of schoolchildren in England for unauthorised family holiday absences shot up last year by 93%, new figures reveal...Read the full story: 'Fines for term-time holidays almost double in a year' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
Question about Statement of Info form for Divorce
I'm helping my cousin with his Statement of Information D81 form. He & his wife have agreed to sell the family house, and have agreed on amounts each will receive. So it's just a case of having it approved in court. My cousin filled in this form but he's not sure about the following - (I have looked for guidance notes for…
Child Maintenance - Court Order or Reality?
Hi, My ex-Wife and I have a child together aged 13 years. A court order from a decade ago states: 1. Both have Shared Residency 2. Father (myself) has contact every weekend Fri-Sat, Fri-Sun, Fri-Sat, Fri-Sun and so on. Accordingly, I have since been paying my ex-wife Child Maintenance voluntarily, based on the above,…
I want to buy a car and lend it to my daughter. Will that affect divorce settlement?
This post could be read in conjunction with my other (very recent) post in this forum. Title: "Can husband have wife arrested for using family car without husband's permission?" (I'm too new to post links.) The other post gives more "background" details. My daughter's husband has demanded that she stop driving his car. My…
Ex Partner owes me money, advice please
Hi Looking for abit of advice please, any help is greatly appreciated I lent my ex partner a lot of money (into the £’s), as at the time it seemed the right thing to do. I have in text that it was a loan and must be repayed to which she has admitted . I also sent the money via bank transfer so this has also been registered…
Breakup and rights
Writing on behalf of a friend who going through a marriage breakup.so here goes....his marriage is just under 10 years..3 kids 1 from previous on her side which he has always treated as his own Completely out the blue she has asked him to move out which he has done in order to give her space ???.After 3 months of living…
Can husband have wife arrested for using family car without husband's permission?
My daughter is going through a divorce. The financial settlement is still ongoing. The family car is in husband's name. Question: Can my daughter's husband threaten to have her arrested for using the car without his permission? Background: My daughter currently lives in the family home. Husband has moved back to his flat.…
Does my ex need to know where I live when I have my daughter?
Following on from my post referring to a court order. My ex will not allow me to see my daughter based on the fact I will not tell her my new address. I have been at this address for 8 months and my daughter has stayed with me every other weekend until about 4 weeks ago. Now all of a sudden it is an issue. She has been…
Something to do with the kids!
Hi MSE Dads, I know it can be difficult finding stuff to do with the kids at the weekends or during the holidays. However there's a cracking show called The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen on at Vault Festival, in London's Waterloo.…
My Ex Wife has a consent order stating she has to pay secured loan, but she isn't taking over debit.
Hi All. I am in a bit of a pickle, myself and my ex wife have seperate over two years ago and we have been divorce for a year now. During the divorce a consent order has been approved whereby she is now legally responsible for making payments on a joint secured loan. I have her everything including the equity in the home.…
Cms tribunal due to child benifit fraud
Thanks in advance.:)
Stuck Due To Joint House
Hi My ex and I separated a few years ago and we have a couple of kids. I moved out and we agreed in court that she could remain in the joint home until the youngest reached 19 as part of occupational rent. I would love to really make a clean break but with the house and mortgage in joint names we are stuck for the time…
Changes in child maintenance - BUT have a consent order
Hello, I am after a bit of help. My ex is demanding more money from me for child maintenance. We have a consent order that was sealed by the court 5 years ago. We agreed on the mainteance to be paid monhtly. The amount was determined by the fact that other assets were divided up. Eg - I gave up my rigths to her final…
Co Parenting
Does anybody on here co parent with your ex partner living over an hour away ? school is starting next term and I am unsure if I should move, my dilemma is all my family is in my location so sisters,cousins etc everybody we spend lots of time with I want him to have family around him growing up but I don't want to not see…
Completely lost...
Hello all and thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. My STBX wife and I separated in September 2017. We were married for 19 years and have 2 daughters (aged 17yrs and 13yrs). We rent the FMH and i was the one who moved out and am currently living with parents. My ex hasn't worked since the kids were born…
Financial advice on seperating
Hi, hope this question hasn't been asked too many times and apologies if it's a bit long! We've agreed on who will be the main carer for the children, childcare arrangements and who will move out of the family home but we're really struggling to work out how to split our finances on separation, both assets and debts…
Child maintenance question
So I have a 4 1/2 year old son who has just started school and needs a childminder before and after school on certain days. His mum works full time as do I. All 3 of us have a good relationship and always put our son first. He stays with me on a regular basis etc and I have always paid towards his living costs. This has…
How do I obtain a court order to see my daughter?
My ex and I have been split for about 1 1/2 We have a beautiful 3 year old daughter I have been paying CSA and seeing her every Wednesday and she has been staying at mine every other weekend. Due to a disagreement over additional monthly fees (clubs she signed my daughter up to without consulting me) she has stated that I…

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