Maintenance court order & new family

My wife of 20 years has issued court proceedings after 4 years of trying to reach a financial settlement. During this time I have started a family with my new partner and have two young children. I also have two children who are 18 & 20 living with my soon to be ex wife.

Will a judge simply award a third of my salary to her or will they be sympathetic to the financial obligations I now have for my new family?

Thanks

It all depends on many things but the main focus will be marital assets. Sometimes, the needs of second families can be overlooked but I would think that with young children, the need to provide child care would be a high priority. Also, the fact that your older children are no longer dependants will be in your favour.
If you can post further details of ages, incomes, debts, etc. people will be able to advise.

Are there any other assets/ pensions? What are your respective pension transfer values? The likelihood of paying spousal maintenance cannot be considered alone but will be considered alongside the other asset/pension split.
How old are you and your ex wife?

Does your new partner have an income including benefits, Child tax credits/ benefits etc. Although your new partners income will not be directly considered it may be taken into account as there are two people able to contribute to your household expenses.

It is worth putting together a reasonable needs sheet based on your monthly expenditure this will help you to see what may be affordable.