my girlfriend and i have been together on and off for 5 1/2 - 6 years. we lived together for 4 years before we broke up so at that point we would have been considered common law because in ontario you have to live together for 3 continuous years to be considered common law. when we broke up she just said it was over, she was done with me and packed up her stuff and the kids and left. we were broke up for 3 1/2 months at which time we both were seeing other people, she even moved in with her new boyfriend. we ended up getting back together and she moved back into my house. we were living together for maybe 1 1/2 years when she recieved a $75,000.00 settlement from a lawsuit she had going on and surprise-surpise she decided to leave me. now she refuses to pay me the $8000.00 she owes me because she says that she thinks she is entitled to half the house which is in my name. i put the whole $18,000.00 down payment and paid the mortgage and property taxes myself. i think when we broke up and she just left that it ended the common law marriage and we haven't been back together long enough to be considered common law again. i want to take her to small claims court to get the money she owes me but i don't want to go to court to try and recover $8000. and end up loosing half my house!
what do you guys think??
what do you guys think??
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