My ex says I owe him money but he has no proof

[ajw50]

My ex partner claims he lent me some money for repairs to my property (my property, my name, mortgaged) and now that we have split up he claims I should pay it back. There was never any written agreement that he was lending me the money with a view to me paying it back. He lived with me for over 2 years and paid only �50 a month towards the mortgage and bills. As far as I'm concerned the half he paid towards the repair was in lieu of him making 50% contribution towards the mortgage and bills. Does he have any right to get this money back from me bearing in mind he only paid a very small % of the overall cost of running the house for 2 years and that there was nothing in writing about him wanting half the amount back?

[ummmm]

How much and can he prove it?

[redcrx]

"As far as I'm concerned the half he paid towards the repair was in lieu of him making 50% contribution towards the mortgage and bills"

you may want to seek advice asif he did pay anything towards the upkeep of house and the mortgage he may be entitled to more than just his loan back.

[ajw50]

It's only a couple of hundred.

Thanks redcrx - I roughly reckon if he had paid his full half every month he should have paid �6000 over the 2 years but only paid �1200. Surely he can't have a claim on anything other than the money he claims he lent to me?!

[Ethel]

If he had paid half of the mortgage every month you'd have a lot more to worry about - he could claim a 'beneficial interest' in your home which could cost you a lot of money.

In fact he still could under certain circumstances- read this very carefully:
http://www.civilpartnerships.org.uk/Beneficial Interest.htm

In your shoes I would prefer to treat the money as a loan and repay it, especially as it is such a small amount of money.

[tatu]

simple then aint it ? give him the money back that u rightfully owe him...u sound like my ex wife...if the shoe where on te other foot u would be crying for it wouldnt u ?

[ummmm]

tatu...read the question again and look how much he has contributed.

Morally he owes her.....

[ummmm]

When I split with my ex the house and all bills were in my name and all came out of my account from my wages. He tried to claim that he contributed and the solicitor said 'prove it'

[brunods]

Technically the loan for repairs should not be confused and used as an escuse to get money for something else which was not agreed upon.

In his point of view there seems to have been a compromise for you to pay him back. He claims but do you disclaim it or was it something you guys never really spoke about? "Hey I'll give you 50 a month to help out" or "Hey I'll lend you 50 a month to help out"?


As for the other replies I saw here:

I think this issue has nothing to do with civil partnership and even if it was it wouldn't be applicable on this case unless there is a registered civil partnership.

The question is the separation of intent of the payments he did.

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Either it was a loan or it was not a loan, that has to be determined first of all.

If it was a loan of course you'll need to repay it. Even though you feel his "loan" should go towards a different contribution other than the intended originally, that was not the agreed and therefore is not binding.

If it was not a loan and it was a contribution to help, it was either a contribution for a specific thing or a gift to "help out".
50 pounds a month hardly can be considered a contribution for mortgage in terms of unregistered civil partnership. The amount is too low to be perceived as a payment for part of the mortage as well. You had a 500 mortagage and he was giving you 10% of the rent amount, thats hardly a contribution and no judge would look at it as a contribution for the mortagage, its ridiculous. It looks more like he was paying the internet bill and PART of the council taxes.

Its unlikely he'd take it to court but you should really talk about it and figure out a solution together for old times sake. Make a deal like paying back 600 to get him off your ass or just find him a new girlfriend so he doesn't bug you again! hehe