My cheating husband earns £450,000 – how do I stiff him in the divorce?

Eleanor suspects her high-earning husband of cheating (Picture: Getty Images)

The end of a marriage is almost always a traumatic and deeply emotional process, especially when infidelity is involved.

It’s entirely natural to want the legal system to validate that hurt, to ‘punish’ the person who caused it by financially overcompensating the victim. But family courts in England and Wales don’t operate that way.

This week’s Money Problem comes from Eleanor, 42 and a stay-at-home mum living in Surrey.