Leaving my partner, would I get equal share of house ?

Question

Hi, I am leaving my partner (she wants me to go !). My name is on the deeds, as is hers. We have 2 children. She has always paid the mortgage ( I give her money every month). If I leave, would I automatically get 50% of the value of the house if it were sold in the future ? She is saying that the house is more hers than mine because she has paid more towards it (she does earn a lot more than me). Should I get anything in writing before I leave ?

Thanks for any help.

I am in the UK

Answer 1

No. She's probably going to contest it, and considering that you have 2 children, and if she can afford it I guess she can keep it, but I think it would be fair if she gave you part of the equity, not 50% of it, because like you said, she's the one that paid the mortgage. So you're either doing this to be spiteful, which doesn't help the kids, or you just want something out of it. What makes you think she'll give you something in writing? lol ok I had to laugh, you're already having a dispute over the house and you haven't fully broken up yet, the chances of her giving you anything in writing are slim. Remember you'll have to pay child support, and you want this to be as amicable as possible for the kids. Try to work it out calmly, you know you haven't paid half of anything in the house, don't demand half. Try to get some of the equity, and that's it.

Answer 2

It depend where you live and whether state consider your partnership as a marriage. If you live in community property states. Ten states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin, as well as Puerto Rico, use the community property system. These jurisdictions hold that each spouse shares equally the income earned and property acquired during a marriage. This is true even if one spouse supplied all the income. In the other states, spouses generally share property under one of the following three forms of co-ownership. It is complicated legal problem i suggest you talk with lawyer but if you have deed i would presume that 50% is yours and you may demand that house to be sold.

Answer 3

do no longer sparkling her own messes. If she chefs and leaves a multitude contained in the kitchen, leave it. i do no longer care if it maintains to be there for each week. do no longer sparkling it. See, immature bs like because of the fact of this relationships smash up. in case you sparkling it, you will resent her and then finally end up harboring this undesirable blood and finally it is going to erupt right into a super grotesque messy combat. She's being a toddler and attempting to flee with as much as you will enable her, so it incredibly is as much as you to no longer enable her. What a load of crap - she needs to take a seat back whilst she gets abode. and you do no longer !?! Sweetie, you're no longer the single that perspectives HER as roommate - SHE perspectives YOU that way. She needs to positioned on her super-woman panties and suck it up, be to blame and be a companion in each little thing - no longer purely what she needs to do. no one extremely loves doing the dishes, yet collectively as she's "relaxing", they're nevertheless sitting contained in the sink, and her no longer doing them is springing up all of this stress ... whilst if she might get off her butt and sparkling them, all and sundry could be happy. *sitting right here shaking my head* it incredibly is in simple terms about humorous, that she might incredibly sit down on her butt and BE ideal than in simple terms do the bleedin' dishes with a view to make you happy. Why do no longer you coach her this, and see if it does not help? :D ultimate of luck !!

Answer 4

get a lawyer, if both your names are on it then half is your half is hers