He can't ask himself.

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There are loads of different ways the split could go, every situation is different.
Even a solicitor won't give a definite answer.

I've got a friend in a similar situation, he paid for the house cash from another sale, she spent a couple of thousand of her money on fittings for the house.
The house had dropped in value since he bought it.
His solicitor says she should get nothing, her solicitor says she should get everything.
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