Hi Karen. No you cant be forced to sell if you are a stakeholder in the property. In other words your name is on the deeds.
You need to decide what you want. If you want to keep the house etc. It pays to have a plan. Start with the money.
Roughly the process is this:
I am assuming you will be divorcing your STBX.
Issue divorce proceedings (Pettion) this gets the divorce underway. He signs pettion and returns it to the court. Now there is a long delay while the court process it. Could take 3 months or more.
Make sure that the pettion has been signed and returned. Then apply for ancilory relief. This is form A and costs £210. This takes months and months. But eventualy you will get a date from the court for your 1st hearing. In the meantime fill out
form E. This is a 28 page document that descibes your financial position. Your soon to be ex also must do the same. You must exchange your form E's on the same day. This is set by the court. They give you a timetable of when you must do this.
After you have exchanged
form E's there is another form (soz I forgot what its called) bit it describes your differences and you can ask for more discolsure (I think) at this point.
You have your 1st hearing and the judge does a bit of yarping about the process. You can also ask about disclosure at this point. At the 1st hearing he looks at the case and if it needs it the case goes on to FDR.
Most cases are not settled at 1st hearing. Most go onto FDR. This is Financial Dispute Resolution. Its a longer hearing where you keep get sent out to resolve the issues between you. If it cant be sorted out here then it goes onto FH (Final Hearing) and if you cant decide the court decides for you. You also get a different judge.
Ok understand that? Its complicated. And I am sorry that I am not clevor enough to deal with all this. I dont have the bottle anyway. I have a solicitor acting for me for the bits I cant do.
I self repped in a non mol case and I can tell you I got eaten alive. The judge gives you no RES for self repping. I dont need to be kicked around any more. If I was you I would go seek legal advice. This aint a playground and they dont take prisoners. My ex had a sol and she just wiped the floor with me. I think I said 3 words!!!
But some on here do self rep and my hat goes off for those that do. They are far braver and clevor than me.
I have a copy of the
form E pdf and the explantion notes. If you want it PM me.
Chris.
