trueblue22
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My ex is planning on taking me to court to force the sale of the house. How backlogged is the courts.I know I will lose this one but just want to know how long I have before we appear before a judge.
If he gets an emergency motion it would be soon. Plus it depends on your local court. And if they hear �simple� motions.
You do realize if you lose you would be on the hook for his costs right? So $5000-10,000 for your lawyer and 5,000 to 10,000 for his.
Sell the house and stop being an idiot.
If he gets an emergency motion, it would be the same day.
If he gets an urgent motion, it could be about 2 weeks.
If he gets a regular motion, it could be about 2-3 months (including 1st appearance and case conference)
I keep hearing those 5K - 10K numbers for house sale stuff. All my motions were ~3K for the lawyer, expensive lawyers too.
What is special about the house sale thing?
OP has known for months now that she will have to vacate the house. She has been told by banks she cannot take over mortgage on her own.OP. be prepared to pack up the house, because once the judge signs the court order you can bet that your ex will include a clause that you have to vacate within 30 days.
Motion would be 3-5 hours, prep would be 3-4 hours, filings, meeting and scheduling would be 5-7 hours. You�re looking at possibly $8000 right there. Plus his costs.
If you know you are going to lose why are you not selling? You must be in the hole pretty deep now.
I'm going through the same situation, except in reverse. My ex is refusing to move out (and refusing to pay occupation rent). No mortgage, so I'm paying rent and she's living expense free. Ex is waving the "disruption to the kids" flag like Spartacus and I can't do anything until the first case conference.
My big concern is that CMHC is calling for a market correction due to the pandemic stimulus funds drying up and I may lose tens of thousands of dollars in a delayed sale of the house.
OP. be prepared to pack up the house, because once the judge signs the court order you can bet that your ex will include a clause that you have to vacate within 30 days.
All depends on the type of application he files. If he files a Form 14 Motion for sale of house, it will be taken care of immediately.If we go to court it won't be just for the sale of the house. He will probably try to get everything going at the same time. I don't think he'll get an emergency or urgent motion.
If we go to court it won't be just for the sale of the house. He will probably try to get everything going at the same time. I don't think he'll get an emergency or urgent motion.
The childen are in school. I'm sure I'll be able to delay it until December this year or June next year. He also wants to renovate it but I'm no moving out to let him make more money after renovations. It's the matrimonial home I have equal right to be here.
Originally Posted by rockscan
Motion would be 3-5 hours, prep would be 3-4 hours, filings, meeting and scheduling would be 5-7 hours. You�re looking at possibly $8000 right there. Plus his costs.
If you know you are going to lose why are you not selling? You must be in the hole pretty deep now.
If we go to court it won't be just for the sale of the house. He will probably try to get everything going at the same time. I don't think he'll get an emergency or urgent motion.
His application would be for everything but a regular motion for only house issue could be brought in ~2 months. That would be a simple motion that takes about 30 minutes with little prep time needed. The above is over exaggerated but you're still looking at about 3k.