‘And maintenance is not automatic. We may be fortunate and make him pay up, although I have to say that would be unusual as most husbands manage to wriggle out of it. In my experience it can be a constant battle getting them to keep up regular payments year after year. But should he marry again and have another family any money paid to you, his first wife, would be reduced.’ ‘That isn’t fair!’ Judy heard her own voice sounding very like Ruth’s and hated herself for it. ‘What I mean is, they are his children too, surely he is equally responsible for them?’ ‘Do you have an income of any sort?’ the solicitor enquired in that tired voice which indicated he’d been through this conversation more times than he cared to recall. ‘You can apply for legal aid, of course, to pay my bill you understand, but they will conduct a means test to ascertain how much your contribution will be. You can pay monthly, of course.’ Judy was horrified. She’d not even thought that far. Striving to remain calm, she said, ‘I’ve very little in the way of savings and only a small income from my stall where I sell my pictures.
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