Partner walks out

Justsaying

If a partner walks out of a relationship and you cannot get a divorce for 4 years, when do they determine the value of what needs to go the partner that walked out.

If my partner walks out today and I have work hard and work long hours to keep the mortgage payments up to date, maintain the house and everything else that goes with owning a property, can my partner then demand 1/2 in 4 years time? Seems unfair?

There might not be much equity in property at the moment but there might be in 4 years time.

partyguinness

TBH there are so many factors taken into account that this isnt the place for it...:)

seamus

At the face of it, generally no, it's not that cut-and-dried. All sorts of factors are taken into account, including who made the greatest contributions through the marriage, what kind of expectations there were vis-a-vis maintenance and a million other things.

And that's before you factor kids into the equation.

In general the courts advise people to go for a civil agreement about it, outside of court, backed up with legal documents/contracts/etc. Only where an agreement cannot be reached does it then go to court.

Justsaying

4 years just seems like a very long time to finalize and get on with your new life, good or bad. I would wonder how many couples got back together after let say 6 months apart.

Is the civil agreement also after 4 years apart?

Grawns

you will have the judicial seperation sorted out long before the divorce.That sorts out the finances and is revisited where children and maintanance are involved.

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