Thanks for your replies and support, very needed and appreciated at this time.

I just do not understand how a person can knowingly go out to hurt their family, after spending years nurturing them.

How can a father not be able to communicate with a child he witnessed enter this world, watched him grow up only to totally back off and not be able to hold a cnversation with them.

How can a father not want to share his wealth with his children, by this I do not just mean money i mean everything.

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN ? it is as if the MLCer goes into survival mode, wanting to keep everything fr himself, not wanting to share anything.

After talks with my L, H is holding out for the maximum, no negotiation, he wants the lot. He is looking for a settlement that if awarded would see me and the lads go under.

For a man who left saying that he didn't want to hurts us anymore than he had and he just wanted a reasonable sum to live on, well he has changed his tune somewhat. He is out for the maximum at all costs.

I REALLY DO NOT KNOW THE MAN WHO SITS IN THE OPPOSITION SEAT, HE IS A STRANGER TO ME NOW.