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Hello. My partner of 11 years has recently decided that she wants to separate from me. We have a 7 year old son together, and she would be the primary care provider. Due to work I would be unable to do school drop offs.
She earns a high salary, enough to take over our 4 bedroom house mortgage by herself. My problem begins with her being unable to 'buy me out' my share of the equity. It is just her and my son in the 4 bedroom house, (though one room is used as her office). If I were to push this at court would I be likely to succeed in gaining a forced sale? It seems unnecessary for her to keep such a large property, and she could easily find and afford another if we sold.
I don't want to force my son out of his house, but as mentioned above, she could easily find somewhere else after the sale. Without the sale I will be force into renting and the difference in our living standards would be vast. I forsee my son never wanting to stay with me, and it just seems unfair.
Not sure if anyone has gone through a similar situation before? I know it's unusual as the rolls are slightly reversed from stereotype!
Thanks
It would be worth asking a solicitor about this to find out where you stand. There are some guides about divorce and finances on the advicenow.org.uk website which will help explain the process.
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