Will I have to sell my house and give my husband half of the money if he paid for none of it after we separated?
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Will I have to sell my house and give my husband half of the money if he paid for none of it after we separated?
We have been seperated for over 2 years. We refinanced the house 2 1/2 years ago. My husband left paying nothing – no bills, no child support, nothing. He is threatening to fight me over the house. I am only asking for the house, the 2 vehicles that I have paid for and the camper that I have paid for. He contributed nothing to these things.
Asked on July 5, 2011 under Family Law, Kentucky
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You need to seek legal help here as soon as you possibly can. Technically your husband is entitled to an equitable distribution of the marital estate. The distribution is equitable under the particular circumstances of the marriage and separation. The bills that he left owing were his responsibility regardless of whether or not he paid them. He was supposed to pay them. That means that you paid his portion. But if a judge will see this as a reimbursement to you for the money paid out or an abandonment of the property in his behalf and award it to you really depends on your state case law and the other assets that you own together. The child support is separate and apart for m the property distribution. Get help. Good luck.
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