Divorce & finances
Money can be a really complicated part of getting divorced. From what you’re entitled to, how it’s decided, what the hell a Form E is and why it’s so important, to navigating pensions and property - we’ve explained it all here, in our guide to divorce and finances.
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The process
The big assets
The house and the joint mortgage
Whether moving out costs you anything, what happens to the mortgage, and the four things that can happen to the house.
Read →Pensions on divorce
Routinely the second-biggest asset in a marriage and routinely the one nobody looks at.
Read →Gifts and divorce
What happens to presents, family money and the engagement ring, and what the Supreme Court changed in 2025.
Read →Money for the children runs on an entirely separate system — see child maintenance. The process side of the divorce is in divorce practicalities.