i am paying for everything - should i be?

i left my wife 5 months ago and set up home with a new partner. my ex and i have been married for 26 years but there are no dependent children. i take home £3000 and my ex £500. we have savings of around £12K, which are in my ex's name although i paid for them. at present i am paying all the bills for my ex - mortgage, utilities, insurance, car, food, new glasses, speeding fine, etc and also i am having to pay 50/50 with my new partner. as you can imagine this leaves me with very little money. i asked my ex to move some money form the savings into our joint account [yes my pay still paid into a joint account] as i want to visit family in poland. i admit i have been away twice, cheap breaks to france. she has refused to move any money, although she still does the social things she wants to do. when i asked her why the money was so low in our account she said she had moved her pay and £700 into the savings account to replace money that had been spent.

am i wrong to say this is out of order? if so what can i do about it?

Mark
Suggest that you set up a new personal bank account and have your wages paid into that. Then calculate regular outgoings and set up a standing order to transfer appropriate amount each month. Tell you wife that this is what you are doing.

Get yourself and wife to mediation to agree a fair interim solution until finances can be resolved finally.

Have either you or wife petitioned yet?

Best of luck

Mike