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My x and I separated. I am in the military and decided to buy a house with my x wife ( both names on mortgage and loan paperwork) so I could be near my kids. The verbal agreement was that we would sell up then she could take the money and use it as a deposit on a house. I did not live in the house with her.
I was paying the full mortgage plus loan £730+ but no payment for the children. She would cover utilities bills etc and also I would have the children at agree times.
Se met a fellow and moved out and wanted money for the children and me to pay the above mentioned sum.
I moved into the house with my then partner and came to a verbal agreement brokered (10-15 k payout ) by her parents that the x wife would walk away from the house debt free and not owing any money whilst I would start paying for my children an agreed figure between the parties.
I have managed by working two jobs to keep my head above water.
She has now turned nasty after finding out that I am to be married and has told me to sell the house. I have replied to her saying you have No claim on the house as you got paid off.
The question is .... Has she a claim on the house?
If Yes than surely she needs to back date the payments for mortgage and debt shared!
Her parents are more than happy to witness what was agreed above.
If the property was bought whist you were still married then my gut feeling is that she might have a claim....I don't know this though and I know very little about the financial side of things. I seem to remember that as part of a divorce settlement, to prevent future claims, a clean break order is required.
I have flagged this post to the Moderators so that they can move it to the finance section, you might get a better response from members that have experience of this if its in the main body of the forum.
You could also try contacting the Citizens Advice Bureau, they should be able to advise you on the legal situation.
Hi Rampage
when you struck this deal, have you given her the agreed funds? Did you get a receipt from her, or is there a paper trail of the payment to her? did you remove her name off the mortgage?
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