Divorce Settlement

[station4]

My husband and i are currently going throught a divorce and are going to mediation. We have two children that live with me in a rented house while my ex still lives in our marital home. My argument is that I should be entitled to more of the equity as 1. i have the children with me the majority of the time and 2. becasue he is basically living with someone else i.e spending at least 6 nights together. They were staying at my house until he read in the form E that you get form the solicitor about living with another person in the next six months. his girlfriend also has a house with a very small mortgage so if he gets 50% they will end up with a mortgage of about �30000 while me and my kids will end up with a mortgage of about �125000. Since he read form E he has been staying at her house. If i call him early in the morning or late at night (just to see this is!!) he does not answer then the next day he calls to say he was in the shower. Baring in mind I drop my children off everyday and have to drive past the house and I know he is not there??? Has anyone had experience of this??? But he denys living with her so he can get 50% and i can't afford to buy

[innocenti]

Obviously I cannot give you a guarantee but in most cases the primary child carer gets a larger percentage of any property as the child carer has to buy a house big enough to house the children. It is normally something like 70/30 split in the (usually) womans favour.

[Lindylou]

I presume you have a solicitor. Inform them of the situation. And keep at 'em to make sure that they are taking action on your behalf. Solicitors are SO lazy!! They only act when you telephone them and remind them that they are working for YOU. Otherwise your file goes to the bottom of the pile and they forget to do what you are paying them to do. Nagging is good.