Is There a Solicitor Here?

[powyco]

I need a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer to a question regarding a possible claim for money, and will be grateful for qualified legal advice.

[Oneeyedvic]

I would just point out that even if someone says they are something, doesn't mean it is so. Asking for specific advice on an annonymous site is probably not the best idea! I That said, I do know there are various people on this site that obviously have either a legal background or at the very least studied the law.

I would also point out that civil law is very rarely black and white and saking for a yes or no may be tricky. Most solicitors I have ever dealt with will always say 'depends'.

Personally, I would post the question and ask for people's (qualified) opinion or got the Citizens Advice Bureaus or even go to a solicitor where you live who will give you a free half hour session to see if you have a case.

[Sphinx_Svens]

So ask the question

[powyco]

I divorced my husband and had no maintenance from him. The house was sold, the proceeds split equally. I had paid the whole of the deposit on our house. Would I be justified legally in asking him for any of that back, do you think? He is now a very wealthy man.

[PinkFizz]

I can't see how you can take him back to court if the case has been settled.They will ask why you didn't ask for it in the first place.

[powyco]

Thank you all for your comments. The divorce was so upsetting that the whole business of the deposit just slipped my mind. I wouldn't go back to court again, but I can try asking him about it.

[Miss Zippy]

The simple answer is, asuming you had a 'clean break' settlement you have no right in law to ask your ex-husband for money, whether or not this is to re-pay you for the deposit you paid on your marital home. He may well have a moral obligation to re-pay you, but that's a different matter.

[powyco]

Thanks, Miss Zippy. He probably thinks Moral Obligation is a pop group, so I'll put it out of my mind now.