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Hi everybody,
Some advice required please if anybody can answer, solicitors on Tuesday coming, but doing my head.
My wife left the family home of 9 years with my 10 & 6 year old children 4 weeks ago.Was from my point of view a complete shock.
However she wants me to sell the house & split 50/50, she is now renting a house in the next village with my 2 children,
Couple of questions?(1) can she force me to sell as at this point I dont want to - maybe in the future but not right now as head is all over the place. (2) Is she still liable for half mortgage payments?
Any advice will be greatly read
Sean.
Hi there,
I'm sure your head isn't in it at the moment to look at selling your home and I don't blame you.
I'm snot sure if she can force the sale of the house, I would have thought that without a court case she wouldn't be able to enforce anything so for now you could hold off.
One thing I would say though is that if she is looking at splitting 50/50 this is a pretty good result as most cases we hear about on here the mother looks to gain the lions share of any money.
I think it be worth asking her to hang on for a few weeks to allow you to come to terms with things and allow you go clear your head and be able to think straight.
As for the mortgage if she is named on it she is still responsible to pay her share, that said in the same respect you will have become liable to pay towards your children's keep.
I hope this helps and that your able to get your head round what's happened, if you need any other advice or just want to sound off feel free.
Darren
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