Advice needed, marriage breakdown.

[Cyclone]

Legally?

He doesn't automatically get half.

50:50 is a starting point from which the marital assets (would include a car bought by him during the marriage) can be divided according to need.

Depending on who was dependant and who will be the prime carer that division is rarely 50:50 when children under 16 are involved.

 

True.

 

I wonder if there are any stats around to show the average and the distribution of how splits work out (when they go through a court).

 

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http://www.divorceaid.co.uk/financial/index2.html

 

More information here.

[999tigger]

Why would anyone want to look at things on such a simplistic basis?

 

The answer im almost certain is no.

 

Where doesnt it depends compute?

[Cyclone]

Back to statistics 101 if you think they're simple.

 

And what gave you the idea that "it depends" hadn't been understood.

 

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http://www.divorceresource.co.uk/high-profile-divorce-settlements.html

 

Some stats and examples here, but it's pretty lightweight.

[cgksheff]

It is unlikely that any useful stats exist except for summary papers written from time to time by individual practitioners.

The nature of divorce is that the majority of financial settlements are made out of court.

Couples that go to court go through a procedure that involves a judge giving an opinion as to how things would probably go if they were to hear the petitions in full court.

Couples are then advised to come to an agreement, based upon this opinion, rather than face the costs of a fully contested case.

 

So the majority of divorce financial settlements tend to be private agreements and unlikely to be recorded for public consumption.