Marital Home claim

My father-in-law married an Egyptian woman and had two children with her. His is 63 years old and has terminal cancer (his wife is much younger and the children are 3) For the whole of their married life he has beeen unable to work through illness and has cashed all of his pensions, endownments and used what savings he had to support them. Having received her British Citizenship his wife left him last year and has been rehoused in a Council property. My father-in-law used up the remainder of his savings and what he could save from his disability benefits to pay his ex each week. His money has now completely run out and he is living purely on benefits. She has now filed for divorce and is claiming she wants half of the house. This will leave him homeless as well as penniless. Can he be forced to leave his home in order to sell it to provide her with money when she is housed in a Council property and living on benefits herself? There is very little equity in the property anyway as it was on an endowment which he has cashed to support them and is currently paying interest only.

If there''s no equity to speak of, the golden goose is already dead so there''s nothing left for a court to kill! I doubt that a judge would order a terminally ill man to leave his home, especially if the wife would not receive an amount she could do anything much with.