Divorce and money matters

[sugarpear]

Hi this one is complicated and i really would appreciate some advice as my solicitor is not the best!!

My ex husband to be and i originally seperated in 2004 when our 2nd ds was just 7 months old. He was having an affair and simply walked out one night when i went for a bath. Took over 5 weeks to find him. Anyway in 2005 i started divorce proceedings. It got as far as court. But then he started smooth talking his way into stopping me divorcing him and for the sake of the kids i agreed to give him another chance. Although i did not allow him to move back in.

Late 2005 i got pregnant with our dd and we took out joint loan to complete an extension on the house that he started before he left. The loan was paid out as 10k to him and 10k to me. i made him use his 10k on the extension first as i ddnt trust him. And i was right not to. He didnt make any repayments. And i had to start using my part of the 10k to make repayments. He never completed the final stages of the extenstion so its never been officially passed by the building control.

Anyway he never moved back in and drifted in and out of our lives. Until 2010 when i started divorce proceedings. Its taken 18 onths to get the petition from 2005 dimissed so now we are just starting the actul divorce proceedings. So as mentioned my solicitor is not up to much but i dont want to change and risk the divorce taking even longer. My questions if anyone can help are..

The house was brought by me in my maiden name before we married and the deposit was 38k that was my discount as a council tenant.

He has made only 5 repayments of £270 towards the loan in 6 years.

And has made no financial contributions to the house or kids since 2005.

His now skint due to being shown up on Cowboy Builders. But his in a relationship with a women who is on dla but has had his twins within the last 6 months.

Im now seriously concerned he will go after the house as he cannot find employment and is stuck on benefits. Must add he left me with a disabled ds yet having finished 2 college courses im currently seeking work.

So is he entitled to anything from my house despite not financially contributing to anything including the kids? All 5 of them.

[fridakahlo]

No idea about the financial stuff but it really sounds like he could do with a vasectomy. Shame you can't make that one of the terms in the divorce settlement!

[lisaro]

PMSL, was gonna say good, but ott, but someone has obviously bitten.

[sugarpear]

Not understanding the ott and someone has bitten?

Am I right in thinking your taking the piss?

Well I'm not a troll.

Was a serious ask but if this is the mentality I will recieve I wouldn't have bothered. Let's hope your never in my position. Glad you think the hell my ex has put me through so funny.