Short Marriage of Few Weeks

Hi,

We started living separately after about 6 weeks of living together after a civil marriage registration.

Is she still likely to be entitled to any money from my personal savings, such as premium bonds, and pension funds, both statutory as well as private, when I serve divorce papers?

Please advise.

Thanks.

It depends on the total picture and needs but it’s unlikely she will be get much if anything.

Many thanks for a heartening response. Should I serve divorce papers asap, or does it not matter as long as I do so to coincide with one year of marriage, which I am led to understand is the minimum period required for a divorce to go through in England these days?

I am getting mixed messages from divorce advisors, some saying she won't be entitled to much, others saying that she will be, given that money is treated as a joint marital pot, and that the marriage will have lasted for at least a year (albeit on paper). One said that we would likely go back to our pre-marital state in financial terms. The dovorce calculator showed she would be entitled to at least £400 per month from me. Is this reliable?

The divorce calculation is not reliable.

You haven't mentioned pre-marital cohabitation. If you didn't live together before then your marriage is classed as very short which would mean that you would most likely leave the marriage with what you each brought into it.

However, if you lived together for 25 years before marriage, the approach would begin at 50:50 with the possibility of variation depending upon various factors.

Charles

Many thanks, Charles.

There was no pre-marital cohabitation, and there are no children or joint assets to take into consideration.