divorce

[janelle]

I am currently separated and need to h\get divorced. Me and my partner havnt discussed our financial settlement as of yet. What am i entitled to? i have been married for 18months. We have no children. We have a house we purchased together but is only registerd in his name. Does this mean i cannot do anything inrespect of our home.

[vittoria]

You can certainly get back the amount of deposit you paid from your own resources. If you can show you repaid the mortgage you'll get a bit more.

[stoo_pid]

In the short term you should be able to protect your occupation rights by registering a claim at the Land Registry. http://www.landreg.gov.uk/ This would mean you get to stay in the home even if your husband sells it to a third party (at least until the courts decide what's going to happen to the house). I was always under the impression that because you've been cohabiting you're pretty much entitled to half the house anyway, whether your name's on the mortgage or not. Obviously, I ain't no expert tho! I'd have a quick word with the CAB first http://www.citizensadvice.co.uk/

[AB Editor]

secretspirit answered your duplicate question: "If you're married it doesn't matter than only his name is on the deeds/mortgage. You need to see a solicitor to see what you're entitled to because it depends if he was b uying it ages before you came along or if you found it together and have paid 50/50 the whole time."