If I buy a new house can my ex claim

TBagpuss

OP, it is in your interest to sort your divorce and a finacial settlment as soon as you can.

It will be open to your ex to make a claim on the money you have inherited, and on any house you buy using those funds.

BUT when a court decides who gets what, they have to decide what is fair and reasonable in all the circumstances and that includes taking into account when you had the inheritance , and where money or other assets come from.
A court would be very unlikely to decide that your ex should have 50% of your inheritance, but might decide that it was fiar for you to pay a small lump sum if that would make the difference between your ex's needs being met and not being met, for instnace.

In the cases others have mentione,d one consideration was that they were 'big money' cases, where, realistically, the person being asked to pay was going to have more than enough left over even after they hd paid a small proportion to their ex. In other words, they could met the other spouse's reasonable needs without in any way diminishing their own ability to met their needs and indeed wishes.

gettingtheresometime

My parents had separated, with the divorce proceeding when my nan died.


The inheritance received by my mum went into the divorce pot.