I left the matrimonial home in 2011. A short time thereafter my husband changed the locks. I have not gone past the front hall since the day I left. (Only at the door front two times when I brought or collected our kids.)
He was given until September 2012 to buy me out - after our May 2012 Case Conference. Predictably he failed to do so. After dragging his feet for a couple of extra months, he agreed to list the house for sale.
It is still on the market - unsold since just before Christmas. (Great time to list a property - not.)
For some reason he unilaterally decided to vacate the house some time b/w January and March 2013.
However, I still do not have access to the matrimonial home. (I went a couple times trying to clean up the garden.)
The real estate agent recently told me that he could provide a key to me.
Today he claims that he had one made but cannot give it to me b/c my husband will not permit him to do so.
He also indicated that my husband's lawyer has claimed that I can have access upon request - but no key. (Please note that I would never agree to be alone with my husband in a private place. How am I to have "access" without my own key?)
Has anyone been in a similar situation - i.e. denied access to the matrimonial home - even when it is no longer the residence for the other spouse?
Bear in mind also that my husband intends to hold me equally responsible for all the costs associated with maintaining this house.
The real estate agent's contract with us is going to expire soon. I do not want to extend it and I'm sure he has realized this. His office sent me some papers to sign very recently - relating to price. If I had done so passively, the contract with him would have been extended. I don't trust this agent... not much more than my husband's lawyer or my husband of course. (I don't like "stbx". I am looking forward to just EX.)
He was given until September 2012 to buy me out - after our May 2012 Case Conference. Predictably he failed to do so. After dragging his feet for a couple of extra months, he agreed to list the house for sale.
It is still on the market - unsold since just before Christmas. (Great time to list a property - not.)
For some reason he unilaterally decided to vacate the house some time b/w January and March 2013.
However, I still do not have access to the matrimonial home. (I went a couple times trying to clean up the garden.)
The real estate agent recently told me that he could provide a key to me.
Today he claims that he had one made but cannot give it to me b/c my husband will not permit him to do so.
He also indicated that my husband's lawyer has claimed that I can have access upon request - but no key. (Please note that I would never agree to be alone with my husband in a private place. How am I to have "access" without my own key?)
Has anyone been in a similar situation - i.e. denied access to the matrimonial home - even when it is no longer the residence for the other spouse?
Bear in mind also that my husband intends to hold me equally responsible for all the costs associated with maintaining this house.
The real estate agent's contract with us is going to expire soon. I do not want to extend it and I'm sure he has realized this. His office sent me some papers to sign very recently - relating to price. If I had done so passively, the contract with him would have been extended. I don't trust this agent... not much more than my husband's lawyer or my husband of course. (I don't like "stbx". I am looking forward to just EX.)
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