Suppose there was a couple who had been estranged for 10 years, but not legally seperated or divorced. Now suppose that couple currently had two adult children (21 & 26), who were in their early teens/tweens during the original seperation. They have a house with both of their names on it, and had a joint chequing and a joint savings account.
The man is a paranoid schizophrenic, he abandoned the house and withdrew all of the money from the chequing account at the time of the seperation, totalling between $8000-10,000. The woman kept the children and has been living in the house (paying the mortgage by herself, with her income and with some of the money from the joint savings account). The man was never asked to pay child support.
Recently the man wanted to move back into the house, but the woman refused, and the man threatened to sell the house. The woman has sunk about $175,000 into the house over the last ten years, and the man only put in about $50,000 for the down payment, and that was all. So basically, he is trying to steal half of the $175 grand, he wants to manipulate the courts and get money that he shouldn't be entitled to. He makes almost three times the amount of money that she does, a month, in disability.
Can the man have a court order her to let him come back into the house or to sell the house completely?
Is there any way to ensure he can't manipulate the courts into making her pay him money that was not his in the first place?
Is there any other advice you could offer? Also, suppose the woman could not afford to retain legal counsel, what are her options for unilateral action?
The man is a paranoid schizophrenic, he abandoned the house and withdrew all of the money from the chequing account at the time of the seperation, totalling between $8000-10,000. The woman kept the children and has been living in the house (paying the mortgage by herself, with her income and with some of the money from the joint savings account). The man was never asked to pay child support.
Recently the man wanted to move back into the house, but the woman refused, and the man threatened to sell the house. The woman has sunk about $175,000 into the house over the last ten years, and the man only put in about $50,000 for the down payment, and that was all. So basically, he is trying to steal half of the $175 grand, he wants to manipulate the courts and get money that he shouldn't be entitled to. He makes almost three times the amount of money that she does, a month, in disability.
Can the man have a court order her to let him come back into the house or to sell the house completely?
Is there any way to ensure he can't manipulate the courts into making her pay him money that was not his in the first place?
Is there any other advice you could offer? Also, suppose the woman could not afford to retain legal counsel, what are her options for unilateral action?
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