It is I once more! When my H and I spoke the other night, he said I would be the one who would leave the house and not him. He claims that he has paid the taxes for the last 10 years and the utilities. The house was purchased by my parents for us and has no mortgage.

Paris

He can't kick you out and you can't kick him out.
If he leaves for an extended period of time, you can change the locks.

Is the house in both of your names? If so, it's joint property in most cases. Just because he paid the taxes doesn't give him more rights than you.

Even if he changed the locks after a period of time away, it is still an illegal lockout. As long as your name is on the deed, he can not prevent you from your property.

The flip-side to this is that either of you can have ANYONE move in and there is nothing that the other party could do or say tp prevent it.

I am talking from personal experience. I had to file 4 police reports after beieng illegally locked out before I was finally given a key to the home we mutually still own...

parik - you can't be kicked out. Your parents bought the house for the two of you, and the house is under both of your names. Therefore this is a mutile asset. And if he has someone living in the house that is not a legal spouse, the thing that you can do, is if you have kids, you have some rights. You can go on the pretense that your kids do not need to be exposed to adulterous actions in the home. Therefore, he would most likely move out to continue his adulterous actions. If there are no kids, you can still go on that you don't need to have the adulterous actions right in your face, but to tell you the truth, the courts don't care. Adultery doesn't seem to have any say so as far as adults. But when it concerns the kids, that is when there is some fighting grounds.

Oh yeah, as far as the taxes, it doesn't mean anything. As far as that, a relative or a friend could of been paying for the taxes, just as long as the taxes were paid, it doesn't matter who paid for them. He is trying to push your buttons, and honey it is not working this time. Most of us can help you here, and from experience we are talking. So now you can come back with the honest truth.

<small>[ February 09, 2004, 10:46 AM: Message edited by: Faith4me ]</small>

<small>[ March 08, 2004, 05:56 AM: Message edited by: KitG ]</small>