Legal Question in Family Law in United Kingdom
name not on the deeds
I have been married for 23 years, but we have lived together before that for about 3 years. The mortgage is in my husbands name, but the endowment is in both our names. If we were to split up, would the house belong to my husband?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: name not on the deeds
Almost certainly not.On divorce a court has an almost absolute discretion to vary property interests and after a long marriage where both have contributed it is almost irrelevant in whose name property is vested. You can therefore be quite confident of receiving at least 50% of the matrimonial home.
If you're marriage is in difficulty and with the property being in your husband's name, you should enter a matrimonial charge against the property fourth win of. Details of how this can be done are available from our website.
Andrew Dutton
www.legal-zone.co.uk
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