Forget marriage, now you can't even just live with them...

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They will still take you for money even if not married.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2796982/bu...

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So lets understand it....

He had a home and equity
he asked if she wanted to move in with 2 daughters that were not his.
He paid everything
She saved everything that she didn't pay for rent, etc.
he paid for a car for her.
he paid for her and her daughters university expenses.

She effectively had nothing and did not add anything to the family unit as he paid it all, she had her own money and he saw the end of the relationship...

However on the never never he may have said that he would look after her so has to pay a lump sum.

Ok... I will ask this bluntly, but at the start of a relationship the bloke has sex on tap, if she promises that does she also come under the same legal attributes that he does?

Pretty sure many blokes have had it on tap and then the headaches start, etc.... is that not a breach of promise too?

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turbobloke said:

PurpleMoonlight said:

greygoose said:

I agree to be honest, he should have offered her some cash to help set herself up rather than blow a hundred thousand on legal fees.

From the newspaper article:

"I even rented her an apartment for £620-a-month for six months and furnished all that and got her a new car."

She still sued him for half the value of the house, he had to defend that. She lost that claim but he still got stung with her legal costs of £50,000.

Quite incredible but not unexpected that he had to defend the house value grab, yet still he bears no animosity to her and is also quoted as saying that his frustration is aimed "at the way the legal system works" the meaning of which is clear and understandable.

Don't forget he put her and her daughter through Uni too, seems he was a bit too nice and was taken advantage of.

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Terminator X said:

"left her homeless"? Is she unable to rent

TX.

Not really he paid her rent for 6 months and she had a job that doubled her salary after he helped pay for her university education.

Just noticed he was going to pay they £28k and she then appealed again and got him to pay her £50k of legal fees.

That sounds a bit off... go to court, don't like decision, rack up loads more costs and keep going until another judge awards the costs against the other party.

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Breadvan72 said:

I think that you are misreading the account of what happened. It was the bloke who appealed. Costs usually follow the event (ie the loser usually pays).

Not really....

He was asked to pay her £28k.
She then took it back to court and got all her costs.
He tried to appeal that and lost.

If she only got the £28k, it was still more than enough if all the rest of what he has paid out is in fact true...

Now it looks like he's in a worse financial situation then when he met her.

£140k equity moved on with £100k mortgage, house now worth £320k.

His equity should be above £220k+

Now he has to pay £100k court costs (hers and his) and £28k in living costs.

Thats no including the tens of thousands he's spent over the years on her and her family.