Divorce Maintenance

NAR

I am putting this thread in here in case N.I. law is different to the rest of the UK on this matter. I hope the Mods don't mind.

A mate of mine is divorced and part of the financial settlement was that he would pay his ex so much a month in maintenance (for her, not kids). He is going steady at the minute and is contemplating marriage. His query is should he get married and his ex go to court looking for more maintenance would his new wife's salary and financial circumstances be brought into the calculations. If the answer is yes he obviously wants to tell his new lady.

I would have thought not, but I don't know for sure. Can anyone shed any experience on this please?

arkonite_babe

Your friend would be best to seek advice from a solictor, with agreement in hand. Each instance is different and would need to be individually assesed.

HTH

BigAl94

Arkonite's advice is good - but no, new wife's income will not be taken into account

Bossyboots

BigAl94 wrote:

Arkonite's advice is good - but no, new wife's income will not be taken into account

It that a specific answer to N.I. as in England it would be taken into account.

The situation in relation to England has been set out in the other thread on this subject started by NAR. If it is different in N.I. then I will post that on the other thread so everyone knows.

NAR

I posted the query on the main board as there was not much advice coming here for several hours.
BigAl, your advice conflicts with advice on main board (as Bossy Boots states). Are you sure you are right?

helen21_2

NAR wrote:

I posted the query on the main board as there was not much advice coming here for several hours.
BigAl, your advice conflicts with advice on main board (as Bossy Boots states). Are you sure you are right?

Maybe BigAl has misread your post as i did :eek: and thought you on about CSA, i cant be the only muppet who didnt read it properly

Spikey_2

helen21 wrote:

Maybe BigAl has misread your post as i did :eek: and thought you on about CSA, i cant be the only muppet who didnt read it properly

if the glove fits helen..................:p :rolleyes:

Spikey :cool:

BigAl94

My understading is that if a voluntary agreement has been drawn up where no children are involved, the agreement stands as is unless the wife remarries. I am not 100% sure so the obvious thing to do is to take proper legal advice and not rely on voluntary information on a forum such as this for such an important issue.