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Ancillary Relief 5721 topics

Discuss all aspects of Ancillary Relief: when and how to apply, and the various stages of the court process from disclosure through to a final hearing.

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Resources for Litigants in Person (self-representing) The Law on ... 25 May 20, by rubytuesday Locked	Replies:0 :1737
Financial Settlements Resources and Information The Law on ... 25 May 20, by rubytuesday Locked	Replies:0 :1545
What financial orders can the court make? 1. An order for maintenance pending suit; 2. An order for periodical payments or secured periodical payments; 3. A lump sum order; 4. A property adj ... 11 Aug 09, by D L Locked	Replies:0 :1705
How long will it take? Please do not ask this question in the forum. No-one can answer you - it depends on the work load of your judges at your local court at that particular time. 05 Dec 08, by D L Locked	Replies:0 :1291
WHAT DOES THE COURT CONSIDER WHEN SPLITTING ASSETS The court has to consider section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 in order to make a decision as to how to divide your assets, incomes and liabilities. 03 Oct 08, by D L Locked	Replies:0 :2733
PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING IN THIS FORUM If you would like advice from wiki peeps as to what the likely outcome of a financial case on the dissolution of a marriage is going to be you need to post the ... 03 Oct 08, by D L Locked	Replies:0 :3611

Short Marriage of Few Weeks Hi, We started living separately after about 6 weeks of living together after a civil marriage registration. Is she still likely to be entit ... 16 Dec 24, by Curious7 Latest 11 Sep 25 by Curious7	Replies:5 :411	Latest by Curious7 11 Sep 25
His assets total £1.2mil and he’s asking me for money!? Hoping someone can give me a steer on if this is fair or not. 6 year marriage, no prior cohabitation. Wife (me) age 48 works full time, income ... 31 Jul 24, by SuddenlySingle38 Latest 29 Aug 25 by SuddenlySingle38 1 2 3 ... 5	Replies:29 :2332	Latest by SuddenlySingle38 29 Aug 25
Charge over property, Petitioner now died. Hello, My in-laws divorced in 1999. The house was transferred to my mother-in-law but with a charge of 25% net value to be paid to my father-in-law o ... 08 Apr 25, by LisaW Latest 09 Apr 25 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:3 :303	Latest by WYSPECIAL 09 Apr 25
Form E - Employment I am filling in my Form E but am now stuck! I know I have to provide statements etc for the last 12 months but what about employment. The ques ... 04 May 10, by mumsty Latest 03 Mar 25 by BradSimon	Replies:4 :604	Latest by BradSimon 03 Mar 25
LIP Bundle Help I'm the LIP respondent in a financial case. I have sent my form E and supporting docs to the applicant's solicitor/court. The applicant's solicitor has sent me ... 24 Feb 25, by constancem	Replies:0 :182
Savings- Matrimonial or Non - matrimonial How will my savings be treated in financial remedy proceedings after a 13 year separation ? ... 19 Feb 25, by Blundered Latest 20 Feb 25 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:1 :249	Latest by WYSPECIAL 20 Feb 25
My Ex Has Passed Away Hi, I have been informed that my ex-husband has passed away. I have not been given anymore information than that and don't even know whether he had a w ... 25 Nov 24, by Thatdepends58 Latest 25 Nov 24 by EMC3419	Replies:1 :338	Latest by EMC3419 25 Nov 24
The end is in sight!/ Have I got this right? Firstly I'd like to say thanks to everyone here, the responses I've had to my queries over the last 2 years have been invaluable and I'm so glad a place like th ... 22 Nov 24, by Diadora8t6 Latest 23 Nov 24 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:1 :425	Latest by WYSPECIAL 23 Nov 24
claims Decree Nisi and a Financial Order in place. The Order says -- "it follows from Decree Absolute". Petitioner has still not applied for Dec ... 13 Nov 24, by humility Latest 15 Nov 24 by humility	Replies:3 :288	Latest by humility 15 Nov 24
Short Asian Marriage - Husband took my jewellery I was hoping someone could help me. I got married over a year ago and moved in with my husband and his family. Things didn't work out as my husband and his fami ... 11 Mar 09, by Miss Anon Latest 15 Nov 24 by Rajeevliz 1 2 3 4	Replies:24 :3067	Latest by Rajeevliz 15 Nov 24
Privacy (none!) sharing information My exes solicitor gave my financial and disability information to a broker they had paid to write I had xyz mortgage capacity (I have none in the real world and ... 13 Oct 24, by Moloko4000	Replies:0 :325
Form E - food/household goods? Help please. I'm really confused about the "food/household goods" section of the "income needs" part of Form E. Can anyone define for me "h ... 16 Dec 09, by icred Latest 07 Oct 24 by Leenaw 1 2	Replies:9 :1541	Latest by Leenaw 07 Oct 24
The murky world of s25 Not entirely straightforward but please help with opinions on appropriate settlement as getting huge range from sols and barristers... done FDA, approach FDR, g ... 14 Sep 24, by Moloko4000 Latest 21 Sep 24 by EMC3419 1 2	Replies:12 :762	Latest by EMC3419 21 Sep 24
Ex Secretly Remarried within Maintenance Term - Contempt of Court? Hi All, Thanks for taking the time to open my post!! In brief . . . . Ancillary Relief (Financial Order) was settled on Mar 2019 ... 11 Aug 24, by Paul.K Latest 11 Aug 24 by EMC3419	Replies:2 :423	Latest by EMC3419 11 Aug 24
Part 25/ delays question Hi. at the last hearing Judge asked us to exhange, answer and submit our questionnaires to the court. Ex has answered mine but did not send me a ques ... 05 Jun 24, by Diadora8t6 Latest 26 Jul 24 by hadenoughnow	Replies:3 :588	Latest by hadenoughnow 26 Jul 24
URGENT - Voluntary Repossession of property under judicial sale A property which was under sale as per the divorce settlement court order has been repossessed. Infact the property and the mortgage is only under one spouse's ... 12 Jul 24, by Nehar Latest 14 Jul 24 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:1 :505	Latest by WYSPECIAL 14 Jul 24
Spousal maintenance If you are unable to meet your reasonable outgoings, have you been advised to consider maintenance pending suit? This could apply if a: you have no savings and ... 07 Jul 24, by hadenoughnow Latest 08 Jul 24 by EMC3419	Replies:5 :957	Latest by EMC3419 08 Jul 24
Wanton dissipation of assets at final hearing I can see that your previous post did get a response. It is hard to comment on fair settlement without knowing all the details of the finances. On balan ... 07 Jul 24, by hadenoughnow Latest 07 Jul 24 by hadenoughnow	Replies:3 :1531	Latest by hadenoughnow 07 Jul 24
Financial settlement, help please What will you actually be getting? It sounds as if you are getting all of the house but it’s not clear from the post if there is a mortgage on it or how m ... 02 Jul 24, by WYSPECIAL Latest 02 Jul 24 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:3 :489	Latest by WYSPECIAL 02 Jul 24
Updating disclosure For the updating disclosure during proceedings, when self employed do you just need to file the HMRC tax return or do you have to file an audited set of account ... 24 Jun 24, by Blueshies90 Latest 27 Jun 24 by hadenoughnow	Replies:1 :288	Latest by hadenoughnow 27 Jun 24
Mortgage raising capacity The directions asked for mortgage affordability in the form of a certificate. I have had a mortgage raising capacity report, the other has a decision in princip ... 15 Jun 24, by Blueshies90 Latest 20 Jun 24 by WYSPECIAL	Replies:1 :462	Latest by WYSPECIAL 20 Jun 24
Applying to vary financial consent order Hi, I'm a LIP and would be grateful if someone could advise on process for applying to vary consent order, please. Background: re: financial consent order, ... 08 May 24, by ahaz06 Latest 16 May 24 by hadenoughnow	Replies:1 :531	Latest by hadenoughnow 16 May 24
Short Childless Marriage - Expected Outcome Hi, I separated earlier this year from my wife and recently had a FDA with a FDR to follow next year. Ours was a short childless marriage of 5 ... 26 Oct 19, by gopher5 Latest 02 May 24 by WYSPECIAL 1 2	Replies:9 :2021	Latest by WYSPECIAL 02 May 24
Financial order appeal IIs it best to wait before obtaining decree absolute if applicant is seeking to appeal final financial order? ... 19 Mar 24, by dd1232	Replies:0 :340
Can I get my deposit back out of house My husband purchased house by mortage but I put the deposit down My name is not on mortage or deeds. We did not live there together because we separated 1 w ... 31 Jan 12, by Doneova Latest 18 Mar 24 by Jessie08	Replies:3 :944	Latest by Jessie08 18 Mar 24
POSITION STATEMENTS & STATEMENT OF ISSUES Is a position statement and statement of issues required for a final hearing ... 25 Jan 24, by dd1232 Latest 25 Jan 24 by dd1232	Replies:2 :636	Latest by dd1232 25 Jan 24
s.25 statement question Hi, I read on one of the Gov. sites that current figures are to be used in s.25 statements. A bit confusing because the order states s.25 statement ... 29 Dec 23, by dd1232 Latest 30 Dec 23 by hadenoughnow	Replies:1 :692	Latest by hadenoughnow 30 Dec 23
Concise narrative statement Can someone please clarify the following- The order states concise narrative statement limited to 8 sides of A4 (not including exhibits)to be filed and seve ... 05 Dec 23, by dd1232 Latest 10 Dec 23 by dd1232	Replies:4 :554	Latest by dd1232 10 Dec 23
Financial remedy Hi, I would like to know how to contest a financial remedy application. The only guides on the web is for legal representatives. My stbx moved ... 12 Apr 23, by Kashi Latest 02 Dec 23 by hadenoughnow 1 2	Replies:12 :1823	Latest by hadenoughnow 02 Dec 23
Consent order other capital I own nothing except old car . Just filling consent order . Money and property - other capital , such as money , savings , investments. Do I write the ... 23 Nov 23, by Benjie1989 Latest 29 Nov 23 by rubytuesday	Replies:1 :369	Latest by rubytuesday 29 Nov 23
Fair settlement? I am after some advice regarding a financial settlement. We have done voluntary financial disclosure and negotiated through solicitors. We also did one session ... 11 Nov 23, by HereNow Latest 15 Nov 23 by hadenoughnow	Replies:5 :790	Latest by hadenoughnow 15 Nov 23
consent order Do both parties share the cost of having a consent order drawn up? ... 08 Nov 23, by dd1232 Latest 09 Nov 23 by rubytuesday	Replies:1 :614	Latest by rubytuesday 09 Nov 23
DIVIDING THE EQUITY IN THE MATRIMONIAL HOME Background1. Married 29 years; wife left family home to live with friend after 13 years. They lived together for 7 years until friend returne ... 23 Oct 23, by TikTok Latest 29 Oct 23 by TikTok	Replies:4 :791	Latest by TikTok 29 Oct 23
Upcoming FDR HELP please, as I'm scared of getting anything wrong for the friend I'm helping The order states that 2 weeks prior to the FDR - Each party shall serv ... 14 Sep 23, by dd1232 Latest 30 Sep 23 by dd1232 1 2	Replies:7 :1119	Latest by dd1232 30 Sep 23

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