Hi,
I have been offered $20k from my ex-partner.
Long story short:
We never married but we have been together for 22 yrs with 5 children. I worked for approx 10 of those years. My name isn't on the house we purchased back in 2000. I haven't paid anything to mortgage, but did provide for food, electricity and gas and bought furniture, etc, and the majority of things the children needed.
He has undervalued the house by $200k, undervalued 3 trucks by at least 90k and left of 6 cars, none of these bar one was in my name but they all have a lot of value to him. What I am annoyed at is the fact that he stated that I never had a job when I met him, and I never contributed financially and he did all the homemaking, etc.
I received this offer today via his lawyer requesting that I sign it, so they can lodge it as consent orders with the court. No orders for the children as yet have been finalised.
While in past posts I may have looked like I wasn't being reasonable with the children, I have just about done and agreed to almost 90% of what he has requested but he still refuses to sign anything when it comes to the kids.
I have applied for Legal Aid but got knocked back. I have a certificate for family court. I know from reading here that the process is long and draining. His lawyer also said that they previously asked me for my financials. I have gone back through my emails many many times and had family go back in case I missed something I never received anything about that. I am happy to but why do some people feel the need to BS...
I have been offered $20k from my ex-partner.
Long story short:
We never married but we have been together for 22 yrs with 5 children. I worked for approx 10 of those years. My name isn't on the house we purchased back in 2000. I haven't paid anything to mortgage, but did provide for food, electricity and gas and bought furniture, etc, and the majority of things the children needed.
He has undervalued the house by $200k, undervalued 3 trucks by at least 90k and left of 6 cars, none of these bar one was in my name but they all have a lot of value to him. What I am annoyed at is the fact that he stated that I never had a job when I met him, and I never contributed financially and he did all the homemaking, etc.
I received this offer today via his lawyer requesting that I sign it, so they can lodge it as consent orders with the court. No orders for the children as yet have been finalised.
While in past posts I may have looked like I wasn't being reasonable with the children, I have just about done and agreed to almost 90% of what he has requested but he still refuses to sign anything when it comes to the kids.
I have applied for Legal Aid but got knocked back. I have a certificate for family court. I know from reading here that the process is long and draining. His lawyer also said that they previously asked me for my financials. I have gone back through my emails many many times and had family go back in case I missed something I never received anything about that. I am happy to but why do some people feel the need to BS...