KML the period a couple lives together counts as part of the M. So in total it's 3 years, ending 3 years ago. Fin action can be brought at any time unless the applicant has remarried (anytime even after death for funeral expenses).
The payment is assessed on a 'needs' basis! So the G having spent all his money and his pension now has a 'need'.
Those who walked the M with me will know how the G avoided service of the D petition, hoping to get over the 5 year line. However it is S that signals the end of an M in the UK not filing date. The G misunderstood it.
The 5 year line is more or less a short M and decided cases start from a 50:50 basis (broadly speaking) although up to 10 ish years there is lots more judges discretion.
This is generally more protective of the STHP making a homemakers contribution equally valid. My objection is that a wastrel and a pragmatist are left with only one set of assets that then have to be divided. The G has wasted in 6 years more money than I have assets and now he is chasing for 50% of my assets (the only things left) except that he has hidden pensions he didn't disclose.
Some of this is hilarious, no one would believe it! Lies, lies, lies and oh yes even more lies. Fabricated rental receipts, hidden cash and unexplained payments. I wonder if he will get away with it as his entitled arse expects, or if in judgement it gets a swift kick. Really I haven't a clue.
Poor old BIT thinks he is going to be a rich man when his exW pays up. Poop, fans and hit in any order when the truth emerges. Or maybe he can gaslight the facts away?
Who knows I sit and wait.
So 3 years in total for M including the living together part.
Yes, anywhere else no kids would be laughed out of court, not here in the UK.
Sad but true
V
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose. V 64, WAW
