my question is do I have any entitlement to this house as my name is not on the title. Though this house has had a major turn around since I moved in.
Before I lived here his mom lived in it and it was a total pigstye, i mean dog crap, cat crap on the floor, piss in the rugs, flies, dirt even black mold.
You name it, I have pictures to prove what this house looked like before I moved in it.
Now it looks like a million bucks compared to what is was before. I believe I have been the motivating factor in getting him to make his house 100x better, but he tells me this is not my house in a fight but when we are getting along he says its "our" house.
My only proof of living here for the last 3 years is the taxes( I filed with him) and the phone bill which is in my name and any mail I get sent here.
I have also been the only person to help (not even his friends) with the renovation. we are breaking up and I dont want to walk away broke as I helped him turnthishousearoundforthelast3 y
2007-01-15 09:25:12 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
we live in canda, so here we are common law.
2007-01-15 09:39:04 · update #1
all of this may be true...but when it comes down to it, it is his house. you have no rights to it.
2007-01-15 09:30:09 · answer #1 · answered by shasta 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here in Florida, anything that was yours "before" the relationship (marriage here...no common law) is technically yours if you split. The one exception to this is that the spouse who maintains the property must give you compensation for the amount of money you have INVESTED in the property.
My husband used to pull that trick too, when he was angry. It took us a while to work it out (he's on his 2nd marriage and the first one took him for just about everything but the house so it's a little touchy for him). He now realizes that if he were to leave, I'd get half the house because I have invested half the income, etc. Plus I live there.
Talk to a lawyer and double check. I hope that helps a little.
2007-01-15 10:27:13 · answer #2 · answered by jenn_jenn02 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love what you did with the house, you're a woman after my own heart. But you need to check with your state's attorney to find out the law on commonlaw marriages.
Sorry but you have no entitlements to the house because you're not married. Still, find out what your law says.
You can certainly sue him for CHILD SUPPORT, though. You could also sue him in civil court (though I doubt you'd get anything major) for the money you've invested.
But let this be a lesson to you: next time, get your name on the deed, whether you're married or not, if it involves your money somehow. I wish you had asked about this 3 years ago, but hindsight is 20/20.
2007-01-15 09:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok. You do have rights if you have paperwork. He's your boyfriend and not your husband so that makes it harder BUT go through your paperwork, (if you spent money fixing it up, you need to find the receipts) you need to keep those pictures of how it looked before and after. You need to keep the taxes filed on it. You need basically to find whatever paperwork PROVES that you helped make his house look like it does and all, all you can do, is go to small claims court with that documentation and you will probably get something. don't give up. You can't do anything about housekeeping. you guys were playing house so you're not gonna get paid for that but for fixing up the house, that's different. get the paperwork (credit card bills, bank statements, taxes, receipts for stores) and go to small claims court. Good luck! :)
2007-01-15 09:35:13 · answer #4 · answered by cottontail34@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might have a chance if you paid any part of a mortgage, but your legal options aren't good otherwise. You invested lots of "sweat equity" in the house, but unfortunately there's not much legal precedant for that. He could also turn around and say the cleaning was in exchange for rent.
Given the situation, you probably don't want to be involved with this person or family anymore, do you?
2007-01-15 09:33:19 · answer #5 · answered by Dwight D J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you trying to make a case to own something you didn't buy?
Looks to me that you are thinking about breaking up with this guy and taking anything you can.
Legally, you haven't put in a good case. It takes time to remodel and it could be argued that it just coincidence that you where living there. Do you have records of any money that you spent on the house? Now that would validate him owing money, but not title to the house.
2007-01-15 09:46:56 · answer #6 · answered by snack_daddy10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
But maybe he should charge you for back rent? And maybe food too? Let's see, three years at $700 a month plus another $100 for food... with interest and utilities, you should just fork over the $30,000 you owe him and leave!
Women just don't get it: The guy does all the work, makes all the money, pays all the bills and they want to get paid because they were cheerleaders?
Sorry, but you're not even in the game.
To hell with that. In his shoes, I'd burn the place down before you got a dime!
2007-01-15 09:40:22 · answer #7 · answered by A_Patriot 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have illegally filed taxes for the last few years too my dear.
All you can do I guess is get a good attorney and make a good fight out of a loseing battle.
2007-01-15 09:31:20 · answer #8 · answered by peggin_beast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you have a child with him and you two were togeather while repairing and fixing it up,then yes you do have a right to the house...First off you have his child,second you can claim it as his common law wife,you have paid bills togeather,fixed the house togeather ..so yes and you can make him get a divorce and pay child support on top od that,and since your child is small you may likely get the house....A common law wife can now force her b/f to get a divorce now,its the law....He may threaten you and say you have to leave but he better get to know the law,its not that easy...If you two go through with this,I would seek an attorney first and make him get a divorce...He cannot make you and his child leave that house either...I would refuse to leave,tell him to leave....
2007-01-15 09:38:15 · answer #9 · answered by slickcut 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i could advise calling a community legal professional or call business enterprise to verify with them on the subject of the guidelines and what you're or are actually not entitled to. regrettably, I wasn't waiting to discover lots of something on actual property rules in Edmonton, and because I purely be attentive to the guidelines interior the US, something i ought to grant you would be of relatively constrained cost. solid luck, i wish each thing works out for the best for you.
2016-10-31 04:59:16 · answer #10 · answered by dembinski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you have no legal rights to the house, but you have put in your own money into fixing the house, and you're paying half the mortgage, then maybe you can sue him for the money you've put into repairs, and decorating, but that does not include money you've paid for rent, becaus indeed it is not your house.
2007-01-15 09:30:12 · answer #11 · answered by Brandnewshoes 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋