{"id":4662,"date":"2018-07-29T09:18:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T09:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/?p=4662"},"modified":"2024-11-19T19:39:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:39:52","slug":"divorcing-couples-must-be-prudent-in-managing-their-settlement-proceeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/divorcing-couples-must-be-prudent-in-managing-their-settlement-proceeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Divorcing couples must be prudent in managing their settlement proceeds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the case of Mills v Mills<\/a>, the Supreme Court has further warned divorcing couples that they must be prudent with managing their settlement proceeds and exercise caution before making applications to hold their ex-spouse responsible for their self-inflicted financial difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court found that Mrs Mills had mismanaged her original share of the divorce proceeds and her subsequent property investments between 2002 and 2009, leaving her without property ownership and at the mercy of the private rental market. When the case returned to the court in 2015, Mrs Mills had amassed debts for c. \u00a342,000. Her application sought to increase her joint lives maintenance order from \u00a31,100 per month from her ex-husband to \u00a31,441 monthly to assist her vulnerable financial position and high rental payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court did not go as far as to permit Mr Mills\u2019 counter application in reducing or terminating his maintenance obligations. However, by refusing his ex-wife\u2019s application to increase the joint lives maintenance order, they have reiterated the established case law pattern of the past few years, that the courts of England and Wales should seek to achieve a clean break if circumstances enable it. Although maintenance may be ordered, there is to be an implied term on the part of the maintenance recipient that they must prudently manage their financial assets and seek to maximise their earning capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accordingly, this judgment will stand as an important reminder to all couples engaged in financial remedy negotiations that the bar has been raised when seeking to increase post-settlement maintenance at court, specifically where that increased need has been generated by their own failure to use a lump sum order for housing needs and\/or a failure to manage their monthly budget in line with their income stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst the court has not removed the option of a joint lives maintenance order, those that are ordered will now be accompanied by a stark reminder that a future upwards variation must be wholly justified and generated by circumstances beyond the applicant\u2019s reasonable control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This case is an important step to ensure divorcing couples realise they must make strides towards financial independence rather than relying on their former spouse’s income retrospectively. As such, the \u201cmeal ticket for life\u201d has, through Lord Wilson\u2019s judgment, been placed on a diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have any questions over settlement proceeds, speak to family lawyer Pippa Marshall<\/a> today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: This is not legal advice; it provides information of general interest about current legal issues.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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