Hi, this may not be the best place to post this but it seems busier here than the divorce board.
My marriage brokedown last Christmas. For various reasons (which I won't go into as it would fill pages!), I've left the FMH with my son (not his) which is jointly owned and now rent a family member's empty house. Now my problem is that ExH is in the FMH and, despite us having verbally agreed to put it on the market this has not been done and of course he has no inclination to do so. Neither of us can afford to buy the other one out.
As I understand things, I can only force a sale by getting a court order as part of the divorce process. BUT, I have no means of funding a divorce until I receive the equity from the house (ie: solicitor's and court fees etc). I feel I'm in a catch 22 situation. Can't divorce without my share of the equity/can't get my share of the equity unless I get divorced. What are those like me supposed to do? I've tried using the Legal Aid calculator to see if I would qualify for assistance. It says no but I don't even know if I'm putting in the right info for it to calculate things correctly.
I should perhaps say that I'm divorcing him on the the grounds of UB so, by definition, he probably won't be 'reasonable' about things and agree to sell the house without an order!
Also, anybody know if I can still petition on UB if we've lived apart for more than 6 months?
Thank you for any advice you can give.
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fairiesinthegarden · 28/09/2011 12:32
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