Do I Have Any Rights Of Anything In Home?

[Monica112]

Over a year ago my then boyfriend and i bought a house together. The plan was to put in both names but he hold me that bank said we couldnt because we are not married. Though i have heard from several people that he may have lied. We have now broken up.we had no writtem agreement. I paid half the morgage every month. My name is on the insurance policy but nothing else. All i want is the money i have into thw house (around $6000) but he refuses. Can i take him to court over this or did i lose everything.?

[goodgoalie]

Monica, in the UK you can indeed put a house in both names if you are not married (either as tenants in common, or joint tenants, which I shan't go into here), but as your post mentions an amount in dollars, then perhaps you are in the USA, where rules are no doubt very different. If that is the case, you'd be better seeking advice in US from the equivalent of the Citizens Advice Bureau, if there is one.

[Peter Pedant]

this is a UK site
yes you can have both names in a house of a mortgage in the UK

I would have thought the same rights occur in the US
I can well believe the rules change from state to state

google
rights of unmarried couples on separation

and there are a huge number of sites offering advice obviously charging

[ummmm]

Here you wouldn't get anything back as it'd be seen as rent and you don't get rent back when you move.

[ladybirder]

If you are in the UK and not a joint owner of the property you may still be able to claim an interest in the property if you can show you have contributed to the property in other ways. For example, by paying for improvements to the property, or if you paid the deposit or part of the purchase price. Or if you are paying money towards the mortgage repayments.

It is important to keep details of any payments you make as you will need to prove you have made these payments in order to establish your interest in the property. You might be able to argue that your partner promised you a share in the property. You will need to explain how and when this promise was made. Your argument will be stronger if you have a witness who was present when this promise was made. If you can prove this then the court may force your partner to keep that promise and grant you an interest in the property.

Taken from: http://www.compactlaw.co.uk/free-legal-information/relationships-family-law/unmarried-couples.html

[ummmm]

Monica has only mentioned paying half the mortgage which is paying her way.