Badly in debt with credit cards.

allybee101

Rich22 wrote: »

The other matter concerning me at the moment is would she be entitled to making me sell the house. The mortgage is solely in my name, and we never married.

I'm not 100% sure on this (ask Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) for free legal advice), but I think it depends on whether she made any contribution to the mortgage?

If she can prove that she made regular, significant contributions to it from her own money she might be able to claim a proportion of the property.

The housing/mortgage boards on here might be able to help.

jonjamie1970

Hi Mate
I always seem to say this but I split from my wife and my children, I stayed in the house for a couple of years. First thing I did was get a lodger in my 4 bed house, nice young lady who paid me £300 a month to share my space. Thats a big help every month if you can get it. If not then ring the council and reduce to single persons 25% discount on council tax.

jonjamie1970

Rich22 wrote: »

The other matter concerning me at the moment is would she be entitled to making me sell the house. The mortgage is solely in my name, and we never married.

I wouldnt worry about this right now, get the other things sorted and into some sort of order, you can then take some legal advice on the house. If she so wanted she might ask that you provide somewhere for your son and her to live, called alimoney but rarer these days. You will of course be expected to pay child maintenance for your son though, that will be based on your take home pay which will be £390 per month.