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Dobiesmon
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Hi
What is right ,
I am still married but husband left some years ago never paid any maintenance or a settlement he lived/worked abroad , so our laws could not touch him , he did buy a house in his sole name here so a charge was put on it ,
Me and 3 kids one disabled were rehoused by the council due to them classing ours as unfit to live in ( which was in joint names with husband )
Now his house ( here ) is mortage free and wants to sell it ( he also has a house in canada with girlfriend so I have now gone back to court to ask for monies due to me.
Solictors told me I will get monies due but the judge said I am not entitled as it was not the matrimonial home but I though anything brought while married was taken into account .
He did walk away scott free as all his dets were paid from sale of our home .
What is right ,
I am still married but husband left some years ago never paid any maintenance or a settlement he lived/worked abroad , so our laws could not touch him , he did buy a house in his sole name here so a charge was put on it ,
Me and 3 kids one disabled were rehoused by the council due to them classing ours as unfit to live in ( which was in joint names with husband )
Now his house ( here ) is mortage free and wants to sell it ( he also has a house in canada with girlfriend so I have now gone back to court to ask for monies due to me.
Solictors told me I will get monies due but the judge said I am not entitled as it was not the matrimonial home but I though anything brought while married was taken into account .
He did walk away scott free as all his dets were paid from sale of our home .
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Is he the father of your children? Does he pay any maintenance to you for them?0
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Did you get something from the sale of the joint home when it was sold? Is the charge for what he owes in maintenance?0
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Hi
He is the father of all 3 kids within our marriage since 73 , I have never had another partner , he never paid any monies for anything from when he left he just sent a letter .
Money left over from sale of house (not much) is held in a bank who have lost account but solictor is trying to sort it out .0 -
I'd say you need a divorce law solicitor! How 'legal" and enforcable is the payment of maintenance? I.e. Do you have a legal claim against this house he owns?Should've = Should HAVE (not 'of')
Would've = Would HAVE (not 'of')
No, I am not perfect, but yes I do judge people on their use of basic English language. If you didn't know the above, then learn it! (If English is your second language, then you are forgiven!)0
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