Is it really fair??

You should see the case ruled in Ireland last year, that made the papers this Sunday - wife came back after 16 years:
www.thepost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-q...qid=26685-qqqx=1.asp
At 63 years of age she got pension 1.25M, cash 400K, 10% of company shares (300K), SM of 90K. He is wealty and can probably afford it, but most of his assets are in the family business and at 64 - his wife just got awarded 50% of his pension. So beware - get FH and closure asap.

Yes, get closure through FH if at all possible, but of course if there is any element of spouse maintenance(*) in there the recipient always has the right to come back and ask for a variation... drat!

Will C

* = I refuse to add the redundant "al" on the end. When was the last time you used a house-al painter, or a car-al mechanic? It's a one-man battle I'm fighting against the death of common sense in English. I know I'll lose by and by, but WTH?