I am considering divorcing my husband due to emotional abuse over the last few years and I can no longer tolerate it.
Where do I stand in terms of having a roof over my head? The facts are;
• Have a
marital home which is solely in his name (as he bought it a yr before we got married)
• Has 3 other flats in his name that are rented out
• I had a house and a pre nup was signed that if we ever split his was his and mine was mine (which was fine).
• Since we got married he forced me to sell my house. He has used the money to renovate the
marital home
• He has said he got me to sell my house as compensation and therefore I can call it ‘our home’ but on paper it isn’t as my name isn’t on the deeds nor does he intend to put it on them.
• Even if he was to give me back the £250k I’d made from the sale it won’t be enough to buy even a 2 bed place (I had a 3 bed semi house). I live in London.
• The value of the
marital home has rocketed after the renovations so my money has made a contribution to the overall value of the house.
Where do I stand if I was to fight this? I don’t want the martial home, I didn’t marry him for money but he’s screwed me for everything I had. I would be happy with a 2 bed flat which is downsizing from the 3 bed semi I would have been able to move into if I still owned my house.
I also now have a 4yr old son that will start school in Sept.