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Splitting up,can he get half the house?
jjuggle
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Hi all,
We have recently split up and I am in our house with our two kids. He is local in a bedsit. The mortgage is in both of our names. He is on the dole so has not contributed to any of the monthly outgoings and I have managed to keep things going by doing two part time jobs. My concern is that he will suddenly demand his share of the house. I really don't think he deserves to get half of the house when he wasn't even on the mortgage of our last two properties! We've only had this one for seven months and for three of those he hasn't been working. We have a joint loan for 5k that my brother is going to lend me the money to pay off but I will have to pay him back. Am I right in thinking that if I can prove he hasn't paid anything since leaving he'll have less of a demand to anything?
Any advice would be fab!
Thanks
We have recently split up and I am in our house with our two kids. He is local in a bedsit. The mortgage is in both of our names. He is on the dole so has not contributed to any of the monthly outgoings and I have managed to keep things going by doing two part time jobs. My concern is that he will suddenly demand his share of the house. I really don't think he deserves to get half of the house when he wasn't even on the mortgage of our last two properties! We've only had this one for seven months and for three of those he hasn't been working. We have a joint loan for 5k that my brother is going to lend me the money to pay off but I will have to pay him back. Am I right in thinking that if I can prove he hasn't paid anything since leaving he'll have less of a demand to anything?
Any advice would be fab!
Thanks
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Book an appointment with the Citizen's Advice Bureau ASAP. They know their stuff, and all their info is up to date. Put your mind at ease.
Best of luck.
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jjungle - I am sure you are right that being able to prove he has not made any / much of a financial contribution to the house will put you in a very strong position. As you have kids together then I would imagine you would get the right to remain in the home even if this wasn't the case.
As said about - get some advice as soon as possible. It can only put you in a stronger position.
HTH
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If you have all the paperwork proving his lack of financial contributions you should be ok, i am in a similar position at the moment and my solicitor has advised me this!! :j"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"
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