Finances on divorce

[Suzy~Q]

I've also asked this question under "law" as I'm not sure where it sits. Is it virtually guaranteed that all finances/assets are split 50/50 on divorce? No children under 21 years are involved. And how is the financial split accomplished? Thank you for your help.

[Le Chat]

Don't bank on 50/50. Take advice. You have a free half hour with a solicitor. Make good use of it and assume nothing. x

[rowanwitch]

definitely not.... when my ex and I divorced, no kids I got pretty much everything I asked for (house was sold and I had the small amount of profit from it) because my ex was in a highly paid job and had a new partner with a similar income and I was a student nurse.

My solicitor also wanted to go for a chunk of his pension but I wanted a clean break. I would say however it is much better if you can agree the division between you as it got quite nasty when the solicitors were involved. Also the fees racked up quite quickly.