{"id":698,"date":"2018-09-10T09:10:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T09:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lundbennett.co.uk\/blog\/?p=698"},"modified":"2018-09-26T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T09:11:51","slug":"divorce-can-you-take-the-money-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lundbennett.co.uk\/blog\/divorce-can-you-take-the-money-and-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Divorce – Can You Take the Money and Run?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being married often means sharing everything you have with your spouse but when a relationship breaks down thoughts can turn to making a grab for assets and cash. If you have\u00a0 a joint account then it can be tempting to access it and withdraw half or even all of the money in an account before you are forced to share half in a settlement. This can pose a problem, however, if it is seen by the court as over stepping the mark.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On advantage of making withdrawing your half of what\u2019s in the account before a divorce takes place is you then have the money in your possession whatever happens. This avoids any risk of not being able to get your hands on money if the account is frozen by your partner.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course doing this will send a clear signal to your ex partner that you don\u2019t trust them and it will almost certainly result in them not trusting you either.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is far better to come to some kind of agreement on joint finances to avoid bitter disputes further down the line. For example one partner may feel that they contributed more than half to the account and will feel aggrieved if half of the money is then taken without their consent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In extreme cases during a hostile divorce, accounts can be frozen preventing anyone from accessing the account or one partner may withdraw all of the money and spend it. In the latter case, it is almost inevitable that half of the money will have to be returned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being married often means sharing everything you have with your spouse but when a relationship breaks down thoughts can turn to making a grab for assets and cash. If you have\u00a0 a joint account then it can be tempting to access it and withdraw half or even all of the money in an account before… Read More »Divorce – Can You Take the Money and Run?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57,207,149,83,247,170,126,224,86,231,175,74],"tags":[45,3,12,13,58,49,169,42,11,9,19,249],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adultery","category-adultery-and-divorce","category-digital-divorce","category-divorce","category-divorce-cases","category-divorce-law","category-divorce-rate","category-divorce-settlement-breaches","category-divorce-settlements","category-getting-a-divorce","category-lund-bennett","category-marriage","tag-divorce","tag-divorce-law","tag-divorce-laws","tag-divorce-lawyer","tag-divorce-settlements","tag-divorce-solicitors","tag-family-law","tag-family-law-lawyers-altrincham","tag-family-solicitor","tag-lund-bennett","tag-lund-bennett-law","tag-take-the-money-and-run"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t