Possible outcome?

My partner and his ex wife going to 2nd FDR

Salaries - he earns £2k more than her annually

pensions - her value is £30k more than his

Mortgage - Equity if sold at lowest value £80k

ISA's - in her name value £40, £14 in sons name

Rental Home - Equity - very little

She doesn't want him to have anything, even if it means she gets nothing.

Her work is stable and his business isn't doing well, thinking of taking a drop in earnings.

He pays half the mortgage but is going to stop shortly - will this affect any court outcome? - I am out of work so he has to pay the rent where we are living now.

Can you advise how you think this will go at a final hearing, as that is where they are heading.

She is very very bitter and really needs to move on with her life but I doubt ever will.

No one wins except solicitors, I would be grateful if anyone can give me a quick thought on this, my poor partner is worried to death - literally!

Ooooh, you've got me on one of my pet peeves.

First of all, don't blame the solicitors. Yes, they will benefit, but the real culprit is your partner's ex and her unreasonable demands.

If you'll excuse my saying so, when you get to the FDR you will have an opinion from a judge who has all the facts at his/ her fingertips.

To be honest, FDR's do work in the majority of cases. But I sometimes wonder if the legal system is doing its ' clients ' ( ie people who need to use it as a means of resolving a dispute they can't resolve themselves ) any favours by this two tier system of FDR and final hearing. I don't see any obvious reason why the judge can't adopt a pro-active approach at a final hearing or try to promote a settlement.

All I want to say right now is that the Courts just don't leave people destitute. The ­object­ive, as far as possible, is to make sure both parties have somewhere to live. Also to make sure that both parties have enough to live on. Sometimes there isn't the money to enable that to happen and one or both of the parties has to rely on benefits.

I'll send you a PM.

LMM

Many thanks for the reply, I appreciate any replies at a time like this. I am sure a judge will see if a person is being unreasonable. It is scary though!