Hubby and i are divorcing it is messy. My husband wants to sell everything?I want to keep our home but my attorney thinks it will be easier for all parties involved if we just sell the house that we bought for 389 grand now worth about 415 grand.Hubby also wants to sell furniture and split the money. He said i can keep the pets the Akita, and labrador retriever.We each keep the stocks or mutual funds we bought with our own money.Will it be easier if everything is sold?
2007-04-04 07:55:27 · 5 answers · asked by Megan C 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I have been married for 4 yrs stopped working 1.5 ago can i try for alimony ?
2007-04-04 08:02:03 · update #1
It's always easier to settle in a divorce. If you go to court they may have you sell everything anyway - to split the property.
You could always "buy him out" on his half of the house and contents.
Alimony is based on the ability to maintain your standard of living - does he make significantly more than you do? Do you make more than he does? Be careful.. he can sue for alimony as well.
2007-04-06 02:31:15 · answer #1 · answered by pepper 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it be def. easier if you sell the house. if you want to keep the house, the deed would have to be transfered to only you and you owe him the half of the profite you could be making by selling it, in this case 13g. for which you would have to take out probably a second mortgage. Not to mention the lawyers fees since he want him out, i dont think he'll split that. And i am sure YOU have to pay big mortgage every month.
you can try for alimoney but it all depends on how much you each make and if you need more then what you earn.
2007-04-04 07:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way: Settling out of court will take less time, cost a HECK of a lot less in court and attorney fees (they're getting fat on YOUR money), and will be much less painful, not to mention less stressful. Your hope of keeping the house is not realistic, and if you try to fight that battle you'll end up losing anyway -- but you'll have a lot less money at the end because you will have spent a fortune on lawyers. Do yourself a favor and DON'T turn this into a knock-down-drag-out. You'll both end up losing if you do that.
2007-04-04 08:06:50 · answer #3 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably. Otherwise, you'd have to buy him out and that's going to cost you. Try getting a mediator, it's a lot cheaper than lawyers. Otherwise, follow your attorney's advice, that's why you pay an attorney.
2007-04-04 08:03:25 · answer #4 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO ,HOW MUCH OF THE PAYMENT ON THE HOUSE HAVE YOU PAID,IF PAID FOR SELL AND SPLIT THE MONEY AND RETIRE WITH ALL YOU WORKED FOR,AND FIND ANOTHER HOUSE,AND SELLER KICK BACK THE PAYMENT OF THE PERCENT OF 5% and laugh use that other to pay for new one /// or go on stuck on stupid and the lawyer gets all
2007-04-04 08:18:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋