Will the house be kept or have to be sold

LJM

if he walks out he doesnt deseve anything imo,but as far as i think he cannot make her sell untill the children are older

pigpen

busiscoming2 wrote: »

Unless the law has changed in the past 15 years or so, it doesn't matter whose child it is as long as its permanent home is the house in question.

My experience was such:

My then husband was having an affair. I found out and after a long period of time and me hitting rock bottom I moved out with our 2 children into rented accommodation. The day I moved out his gf and her 5yo moved in. I legally couldn't do a thing about it until she reached 18. The house was in joint names.

They might have changed it then.. I was told 2 months ago my baby would not be taken into account because she is not XH's even though she lives in the house.They woud only 'allow' the house to be in joint names until my 6 y/o leaves school/college

Becles

LJM wrote: »

if he walks out he doesnt deseve anything imo,but as far as i think he cannot make her sell untill the children are older

Unfortunately the law doesn't punish people for walking out on a marriage.

OP - the house would go in the asset basket along with any other assets such as investments, pensions, savings etc. Once the final total for the basket it ascertained, the asset pot will be split, usually in the mothers favour if she has the children to reflect the cost of raising them and her limited earning potential as she has to arrange work around them.

In my case, I was written out of my ex's pension pot and can never claim on that, but I kept the equity in the house and had it and the mortgage transferred into my sole name. I was happy to do that as keeping a secure roof over my children's heads was most important to me.