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Is my new wife entitled to my house?

johncollier
johncollier Posts: 11 Forumite
in Mortgages & endowments
I am about to get remarried. I already own a house outright. My previous wife still has her name on the deeds as I haven't had the cash to pay her out yet. She's happy with that. However, will my new wife automatically be entitled to half the house?

If so, this complicates things. Up to now my previous wife has been happy in the knowledge that she is entitled to half the value of the house. If my new wife is automatically entitled to half then my previous wife gets less. She won't be happy and will most likely start demanding money from me now.

Please advise.
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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Your ex wife's share is still hers, you remarrying makes no difference to her. Your new wife could claim a share of your half though.

    Perhaps time to sort matters out. As many complications could easily arise.
  • fannyadams
    fannyadams Posts: 1,751 Forumite
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    if you post this in the relationships board instead of credit cards I expect you'll get a better response from one of the legal bods who inhabit that part...
    just in case you need to know:
    HWTHMBO - He Who Thinks He Must Be Obeyed (gained a promotion, we got Civil Partnered Thank you Steinfeld and Keidan)
    DS#1 - my twenty-five-year old son
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  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    johncollier wrote: »
    will my new wife automatically be entitled to half the house?

    Please advise.



    Not unless you divorce again - and even then it won't be automatic or necessarily a half. But it will come into the negotiations
  • redpete
    redpete Posts: 4,738 Forumite
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    johncollier wrote: »
    I am about to get remarried. ...
    Welcome, but you might want to register with a user name that is not your real name if you are going to ask for advice on such personal matters.
    loose does not rhyme with choose but lose does and is the word you meant to write.
  • LittleVoice
    LittleVoice Posts: 8,974 Forumite
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    redpete wrote: »
    Welcome, but you might want to register with a user name that is not your real name if you are going to ask for advice on such personal matters.



    Perhaps it's just the window to watch.
  • bengal-stripe
    bengal-stripe Posts: 3,354 Forumite
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    redpete wrote: »
    Welcome, but you might want to register with a user name that is not your real name......

    Maybe John Collier was the place where the OP got his first suit:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Collier_(clothing_retailer)
  • johncollier
    johncollier Posts: 11 Forumite
    fannyadams wrote: »
    if you post this in the relationships board instead of credit cards I expect you'll get a better response from one of the legal bods who inhabit that part...

    Thanks but it's a very difficult site to negotiate and I couldn't find the relationships board! It's mind boggling to me.
  • johncollier
    johncollier Posts: 11 Forumite
    redpete wrote: »
    Welcome, but you might want to register with a user name that is not your real name if you are going to ask for advice on such personal matters.

    This isn't my real name. I'm naive but not daft.
  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,315 Forumite
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    It's here;-

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=24
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • amnblog
    amnblog Posts: 12,764 Forumite
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    johncollier wrote: »
    This isn't my real name. I'm naive but not daft.


    marrying again? Some may disagree
    I am a Mortgage Broker

    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Broker, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
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