My wife was made redundant at the end of April 2006 and received a payment of £18,000. She has since told me she wants to split up from me after 8 years of marriage. If we do split up am i entitled to half of her redundancy money, If so how can I stop her spending it. At the moment it is in her separate Bank account.

November 27, 2008 by Anonymous

The redundancy payment received by your wife is a matrimonial asset and as such goes into the ‘ pot ‘ for distribution on divorce.

When following marriage breakdown it seems likely that a party will dissipate assets under their control in order to defeat a claim arising from the marriage the court is able to make an order freezing that asset. Thus on application to the court showing good cause your wife’s post office account could be frozen. However such an application is unnecessary where there are other assets which can be taken into account. Thus if you have a house and your wife without reason dissipates her Bank account, her entitlement from the house will be adjusted accordingly.

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