Marriage and Houses

LilElvis

Skyela - you need to see a solicitor if you want to retain more than you think your husband will offer.

The wikivorce website will probably be able to give you more accurate advice as to what you might expect to receive in your circumstances.

http://www.wikivorce.com/divorce/

Guest101

Mojisola wrote: »

The previous eight years would be taken into account if they had been living as a couple.

Especially if he was paying towards the mortgage

jackieblack

Mojisola wrote: »

The previous eight years would be taken into account if they had been living as a couple.

Guest101 wrote: »

Especially if he was paying towards the mortgage

Yes, but OP hasn't stated that.
'together' doesn't necessarily mean living together

More info needed

skyela

Thanks for all of your replies.

We have been together 10 years this year and have been living together since 2011.

He has been paying half of the bills since 2011.

I realise he has some claim due to this, I guess it's just my original deposit I am wondering about.

Ozzuk

If it is amicable then why not suggest a 50/50 split but with your deposit money ringfenced. If he doens't agree then you may need to go down solicitor route. There are also lots of other considerations, are your salaries comparable, did he pay more into house maintenance/improvements than you, did he do more work in the house (DIY) than you, are your pensions comparable (you could both claim a percentage).

Look at the whole picture, yes you have a definite cost for your contribution but he may also feel his contribution outside bills (if any) has value.

FBaby

Short marriage with no children - my understanding is that the court judgment would reflect the position each party was in before the marriage

I wouldn't rely on this advice. Personal experience, spookingly extremely similar to OP, and despite solicitors, final judgement decision was 50/50 with a marriage lasting exactly 2 years.

ERICS_MUM

Could you deduct your deposit from the proceeds of selling the house and share the remaining equity after repayment of mortgage, fees etc. ?

burlington6

Ahh, the usual sexist answers because the OP is a woman. I hope the bloke gets half of everything.

Mojisola

burlington6 wrote: »

Ahh, the usual sexist answers because the OP is a woman. I hope the bloke gets half of everything.

I don't think any of the above answers would have been different if the the OP had been a man. They are factual.

LilElvis

burlington6 wrote: »

Ahh, the usual sexist answers because the OP is a woman. I hope the bloke gets half of everything.

You obviously missed the earlier post I made where my husband (a MAN) received more than 50% of the assets in a similar situation to the OP.

The only sexist here appears to be you.