Has Ex got a claim on my house

worried2bits

Timbo58, he pays his mortgage in cash. So included in the money he gave me each week would be a 1/4 of his monthly mortgage bill. At the end of the month, I'd go down to the bank and pay it in cash. All I had was an old receipt that had his account number on it.

daphneysr

If you both bought the house together then your ex will have a claim on the property. But if not then, you need not worry. Even if you bought it together, your ex will get a share on if she was mentioned in the court's judgement or if she has any documents that she too paid for the property or if you have added her name in the document of the house.

jamesd

I don't see anything there that results in him having an ownership interest in the house or grounds for getting money from you. You may benefit from a solicitor at this stage to discourage him before more extensive work to defend a court claim shows up. Even though it appears that he has no chance of success.

Cheeky_Monkey

Guest101 wrote: »

He won't go to prison.

On the very slim chance he did, he can still bring civil action from prison.

Really?

I've just read about a plumber who was sent to prison for 12 months recently for tax evasion over a 5 year period so it's highly likely that this bloke would get a custodial sentence and probably a pretty long one at that if he was charged.

There are numerous cases of people being sent to prison for tax evasion if you google it.

However, I agree that it would not necessarily stop him from continuing to pursue the OP but think it highly unlikely.

worried2bits

We have had arguments about him not paying tax and his answer is he would go bankrupt. I don't know enough about the law to know if that's a way to avoid it.


Seem to be getting mixed responses about whether he would have claim. Been at work all night and should be in bed but I'm worried sick, I cant sleep.


I don't have £10,000. I certainly don't have the money for a solicitor.


Doing all the overtime I can so I can do remedial works. With it being winter, we've had our fair share of rain and every time it rains, the water comes in.

Cheeky_Monkey

worried2bits wrote: »

We have had arguments about him not paying tax and his answer is he would go bankrupt. I don't know enough about the law to know if that's a way to avoid it.

No that is not an option - it is a criminal offence and HMRC are much tougher than they used to be on tax evasion so IMO they will prosecute

bugslet

NYM wrote: »

Imagine for a moment what action you would take if you had 'employed' someone to carry out those works and it remained unfinished or that you had to employ someone else to remedy the work.

Put together a *bill* for the remedial works and send it to him. Then suggests if he wants to pursue his claim, he takes you to Court

I rather like that!

Worried, when Mr Bugs had a fling and left, the house was entirely in my name I checked with my solicitor and his advice was that at best he could try to claim, but if he got 10k that would be the max. I would say given that he hadn't attempted any works on the house and left it in a state, he would have had more claim than Mr Worried.

m0bov

If he has paid for work on the home that has raised its value, yes he can claim on it. Generally its best to split bills but not to let the other party pay anything towards the mortgage or for repairs/improvements as they then have a financial interest in the property.

timbo58

Once again -see CAB as it's a free appointment.

The only factor I would think that should be at all worrying is the fact you have now disclosed that you have been laundering his money through your bank account, HMRC will almost certainly see that as an offence.

Although thinking about it he cannot prove he gave you that money so in theory far from him being owed monies from YOUR house, you can prove he benefited from monies you paid on HIS.

Mojisola

m0bov wrote: »

If he has paid for work on the home that has raised its value, yes he can claim on it.

It sounds as if all the non-completed work has had the opposite effect.:(

worried2bits - have you taken photos of his "work"? Also keep a clear record of what you've had to spend to finish stuff off and repair any damage.

Generally its best to split bills but not to let the other party pay anything towards the mortgage or for repairs/improvements as they then have a financial interest in the property.

This is good advice.