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Been their done that got the Tshirt

Don't do it

Roy

ive seen that happen many times uzzi :-( :-(

It´s sad because she can´t prove she put up the deposit for the house. But how after 20 years and 2 children by him can she be put out of her home ?


It makes me understand why people didn't wan't me to put this house in duel name *we've only been married 10 yrs (

I would never sell a property to invest in a house where I had no equal share or no written claim on it...

That happened to a friend of ours,,,,,,,but after good legal advise was sought it turned out good as they got more than the partner -the house-!,,,they also had 2 children and the judge made an order in herfavour and he was evicted,,,the flip side is,,,he claims a share of the sale of the property,this happened in England,,,,,her past property sale can be got from land registry,,,,the person needs legal advise,,,,,,

I think the 'rule' is that if the children are still in full time education they have to be allowed to stay in the house with the mother, as they cannot be left without a roof over their heads. I don't think the mother can just be ousted from the house like that. How sad that the woman was so naive.


Lizx

Over here, a common-law marriage of more than 2 years means that the wife is entitled to all the rights that a legally married wife would receive at the break-up of the relationship.

They would take into account all that had accrued during the 20 year relationship to be properly shared ....... and the children would also receive a lot of consideration.

A family member did just that too sold up and moved into the partners house only to find after a few months he was having an affair and wanted her out .

Fortunatley she hadn't invested too much into his house which was still work in progress and she had enough money left for a deposit for a flat .But she had moved 40 plus miles away from her family and couldn't afford the prices back in her former area .

Liz I wondered about that rule too but not sure if it applies if the couple are not married. However the children are I assume his so maybe there would be a case for this. I think she should sit tight and take further advice. Maybe check with CAB who woul;d be best to advise her, I am not sure the solicitor has given her good advice there.

Once you start to share assets they are shared, It doen't matter what the law says,

What the law says and what it can deliver and the personal financial cost of enforcement are miles apart.

More difficult when the shared assets are financial, "Money in the bank" If both parties have access their is nothing stopping one partner from emptying that account without permision from the other partner, Try using the law to get your money back, Platting fog springs to mind.

Roy

Sylvia I always believed the UK had "common law" also but apparently not. I personally would never give over anything that I had to another relationship without paper proof (although I have lost things in the past). but I find it hard that this lass and her 2 children are being told after 20 years she has no claim :-S