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| 'Get a job,' judge tells woman living off divorce payments from millionaire ex-husband | 'Get a job,' judge tells woman living off divorce payments from millionaire ex-husband |
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| A millionaire’s ex-wife has been told by a judge to do what many other mothers have to do – get a job. | A millionaire’s ex-wife has been told by a judge to do what many other mothers have to do – get a job. |
| Tracey Wright, 51, was told that she had no right to live off her ex-husband’s money while living in a mortgage-free £450,000 home in Newmarket, Suffolk, the Evening Standard reported. | |
| The mother-of-two and former horse riding instructor chose not to seek any paid work when she split from equine surgeon Ian Wright seven years ago after 11 years of marriage. | |
| Divorcees with children over the age of seven should at least try to find a part-time job, said Lord Justice Pitchford at the Court of Appeal. The youngest daughter who lives with Mrs Wright is 10. | Divorcees with children over the age of seven should at least try to find a part-time job, said Lord Justice Pitchford at the Court of Appeal. The youngest daughter who lives with Mrs Wright is 10. |
| In 2008, their £1.3 million home with seven-bedrooms and 16 acres of countryside was sold and the proceeds were split. Their eldest daughter is a boarding school pupil. | In 2008, their £1.3 million home with seven-bedrooms and 16 acres of countryside was sold and the proceeds were split. Their eldest daughter is a boarding school pupil. |
| Mr Wright, 59, runs a horse hospital in Newmarket that has carried out surgery on former Derby and Oaks winners. He and Mrs Wright separated in 2006 before divorcing. | Mr Wright, 59, runs a horse hospital in Newmarket that has carried out surgery on former Derby and Oaks winners. He and Mrs Wright separated in 2006 before divorcing. |
| Mr Wright runs a equine hospital in Newmarket, a town famed for racing Mrs Wright also got stabling for her horse and her daughter’s ponies as well as £75,000-a-year maintenance and school fees paid by her ex, of which more than £33,000 was for her own spending. | Mr Wright runs a equine hospital in Newmarket, a town famed for racing Mrs Wright also got stabling for her horse and her daughter’s ponies as well as £75,000-a-year maintenance and school fees paid by her ex, of which more than £33,000 was for her own spending. |
| Payments made by Mr Wright – who took the case to court as he claims he is worried that he won’t be able to afford them when he retires at 65 – will reduce over five years before stopping. | Payments made by Mr Wright – who took the case to court as he claims he is worried that he won’t be able to afford them when he retires at 65 – will reduce over five years before stopping. |
| Upholding a previous ruling by Judge Lynn Roberts last year, Lord Justice Pitchford told Mrs Wright to “just get on with it” and find a job like “vast numbers of other women with children,” according to the Standard. | Upholding a previous ruling by Judge Lynn Roberts last year, Lord Justice Pitchford told Mrs Wright to “just get on with it” and find a job like “vast numbers of other women with children,” according to the Standard. |
| He added that the order was never intended to provide Mrs Wright with an income for life, and dismissed her appeal challenging a cut in payments. | He added that the order was never intended to provide Mrs Wright with an income for life, and dismissed her appeal challenging a cut in payments. |