I am in Saskatchewan, and have been living common-law for 6 years now with my recent ex. The breakdown of the relationship is like this.
2005 - may begin living together she is upgrading highschool classes and on a limited budget of $400.00 a month I ask for 200 towards the household and I will manage the rest
2006- she is done upgrading and gains/loses multiple jobs (quits) I have to keep forcing her to get employment again and again while we wait for her nursing school ( LPN courses)
2007 she begins her LPN courses and i believe is given 700 for living allowance. we discover that she is pregnant part way through which causes her to have to drop out of the second half of her first semester. (hypertension - bed rest)
2008 - she returns to school in her second semester, and continues through school with $700 living allowance between then and the end. No job is held during the summer months even at my request.
2010 she complets her LPN and takes a position as a nurse just a few months later
2011 October - she has been a nurse for just over a year now and we separated.
During the relationship she was never a stay at home mother other then the 3 months during bed rest and the 3 months after our daughter was born. We had my mother as a babysitter during the rest of the relationship.
I also have a son from another relationship who I support 50% of the time with me and 50% of the time with his mother
Our Daughter will be the same with my current commonlaw ex.
She is seeking for half of the homes equity, which initially I was reluctant to offer her as I supported her through 5 years. Total income she brought in would be 28,000 during that time and would hardly cover her own expenses as a smoker let alone put anything into bills and the home, but i did give in and write up a settlement for half the equity of the home asking that she pay half of the fees to break the mortgage contract which has not run up. She has now decided to go to court to get out of paying her half of the fees and take the entire 19,000 to herself leaving me all the bills and after 9,000 left in the homes equity. I know this isnt morally fair but what I need to know is can she do this. can she claim I was "unjustly enriched" and get away with it ?
2005 - may begin living together she is upgrading highschool classes and on a limited budget of $400.00 a month I ask for 200 towards the household and I will manage the rest
2006- she is done upgrading and gains/loses multiple jobs (quits) I have to keep forcing her to get employment again and again while we wait for her nursing school ( LPN courses)
2007 she begins her LPN courses and i believe is given 700 for living allowance. we discover that she is pregnant part way through which causes her to have to drop out of the second half of her first semester. (hypertension - bed rest)
2008 - she returns to school in her second semester, and continues through school with $700 living allowance between then and the end. No job is held during the summer months even at my request.
2010 she complets her LPN and takes a position as a nurse just a few months later
2011 October - she has been a nurse for just over a year now and we separated.
During the relationship she was never a stay at home mother other then the 3 months during bed rest and the 3 months after our daughter was born. We had my mother as a babysitter during the rest of the relationship.
I also have a son from another relationship who I support 50% of the time with me and 50% of the time with his mother
Our Daughter will be the same with my current commonlaw ex.
She is seeking for half of the homes equity, which initially I was reluctant to offer her as I supported her through 5 years. Total income she brought in would be 28,000 during that time and would hardly cover her own expenses as a smoker let alone put anything into bills and the home, but i did give in and write up a settlement for half the equity of the home asking that she pay half of the fees to break the mortgage contract which has not run up. She has now decided to go to court to get out of paying her half of the fees and take the entire 19,000 to herself leaving me all the bills and after 9,000 left in the homes equity. I know this isnt morally fair but what I need to know is can she do this. can she claim I was "unjustly enriched" and get away with it ?
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