Getting a divorce just found out our property is owned by my husband's mother

fairy_woman

I am in the early stages of getting a divorce I have 2 children with him and we been together for 5 years before I seek professional help I wanted to just ask on here quickly to see what I'm dealing with.

My husband told me he owned the house before we got married but I just found out he put it on his mother's name before we got married I thought all along he owned the house this has come as a shock to me.

what does this leave me and my children in terms of a settlement? He said to me he is willing to me put a deposit on a flat but he does not want me to have a share of the property this is what's really hurting me at the moment. Do you I have any chance of getting share of his property since I was working for the 5 years and contributing to the family also.

I really feel like I been deceived

~Beanie~

fairy_woman wrote: »

Do you I have any chance of getting share of his property since I was working for the 5 years and contributing to the family also.

I think you need to get some legal advice on this because as it stands, it isn't his property, it belongs to his mother and that being the case I dont see how you could get a share of it.

fairy_woman

beanie thanks for that, this has happened so quickly I'm getting legal advise soon

PasturesNew

If she owns it and has owned it since before you married, it's probably "game over", you were, in effect, just renting it.

You contributed for 5 years, but you had a roof over your head - which is where you'd be if you'd been renting all that time.... with nothing.

Guest101

fairy_woman wrote: »

I am in the early stages of getting a divorce I have 2 children with him and we been together for 5 years before I seek professional help I wanted to just ask on here quickly to see what I'm dealing with.

My husband told me he owned the house before we got married but I just found out he put it on his mother's name before we got married I thought all along he owned the house this has come as a shock to me. - So his mum owns the house. Was there a mortgage?

what does this leave me - well without a house. and my children in terms of a settlement? - children don't get a settlement as part of a divorce. He said to me he is willing to me put a deposit on a flat but he does not want me to have a share of the property this is what's really hurting me at the moment. - it's not his property to share with you Do you I have any chance of getting share of his property since I was working for the 5 years and contributing to the family also. - its not his. so no

I really feel like I been deceived

A deposit sounds like a good starting point

warehouse

Wise wise man.

Take the deposit as said above.

Kayalana99

Even if the house was in his name, a marriage less then 5 years is considered short in the eyes of the law (and not sure if you have been married 5 years, or a couple for 5 years here?) and it's unlikey a court would give you a 50% share when he owned the property before you even met.

You may have been entitled to a small percentage, but I think the offer of a deposit is generous considering.

fairy_woman

no mortgage

I understand now its not his but from the start I thought it was his I even paid for many of the bills and new furniture and works needed in the house thinking it was his.

I would never of gone through the marriage itself if I knew his mother owned the property I have also proof of him saying he owned the property.

Mojisola

fairy_woman wrote: »

My husband told me he owned the house before we got married but I just found out he put it on his mother's name before we got married

So she has been your landlord. Have you been paying her rent? Has she been complying with all the LL legislation?

Kayalana99

fairy_woman wrote: »

I would never of gone through the marriage itself if I knew his mother owned the property I have also proof of him saying he owned the property.

Sounds like a very smart man indeed.

warehouse

fairy_woman wrote: »

I would never of gone through the marriage itself if I knew his mother owned the property I have also proof of him saying he owned the property.

OK, now it's pretty obvious this is simply a trolling post. Too much to soon, good try.