pompeygazza wrote:Thank you for the excellent advice.
Although I could lend him the money I'm loathe to do so as he really needs to wise up (and grow up) on the financial front and so a bit of pain may help focus matters.
I shall look into a broker and then get him to make her an offer.
I'll report back how it ends up.
Just a small thing that is bugging me though - you say he never has any money, how come there was £5k in the joint account for her to take? How much did she leave in there? This could be a marital asset if there is other money in there. I mean, I assume she worked and paid her way, did they have joint savings?
I agree with you re lending money - my sister is going through a split (which will lead to divorce) and is penniless. I am loathe to lend her money as she's never been good with it. I lent them money during the marriage at various points. It's a minefield. I prefer to do practical things - I bought her an ipad (I don't even have one myself!) so she could split out all her accounts, photos, music etc from the ex-h.
Mel