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Spousal maintenance if previous higher earning partner deliberately not working

toxicmango · 2019-03-19 03:07:19

Hello All Unfortunately me and my partner are divorcing after many years together. My partner was the higher income earner about £60k to my £40k - but two years ago she quit her job. Since then she has refused to find a job and is trying her hand at various self employment roles. If she went back to work no reason why…

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mgdavid Posts: 6,711 Forumite

20 March 2019 at 11:17PM

pelirocco wrote: »

Are you asking if she should pay you , or you should pay her?

The bit in bold at the top of post #1 should answer that for you. Although IMO the answer's the same in either case....

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