I am recently divorced & need to start afresh now, need to sell the house but my ex will not. I am trapped!?

Question

I need to move, not really safe or comfortable for me to remain in the house. How can I force him to sell? He has not physically abused me. he will not accept a lodger, just wants to keep me trapped. Advice please

Answer 1

Get him to buy our your half of the house.  Talk to a lawyer if he won't.

Answer 2

The house and what is to be done with it should have been settled in your divorce.  If the house was ordered to be sold in your divorce, you need to contact the court so he can be held in contempt.  That, or hire a real estate agent yourself and get the thing on the market.  If there isn't anything mentioned about it then you need to contact your attorney and get it taken care of.  I can't think of a single place where the court would order both of you to remain in the marital home once divorced.  If nothing else, you should just go rent an apartment on a short-term lease and stay there until everything is handled.  There's no reason for the two of you to be living together if you're divorced.

Answer 3

I was born a Jones and married a Smith.

Put the house on the market. The house will fetch what it does, his valuation is irrelevant.,,

Answer 4

You will need to go back to your lawyer and ask him for advice.

Answer 5

come live with me

Answer 6

You need to go back to court and make sure that the property is sold for fare value, he'll get half and you'll get half. According to what you said everything is to be divided 50/50. You need to be in a safe place and he should want that too. I wish you the best.  Let the court know what he's doing it's not abiding by the divorce settlement.  

Answer 7

Talk to your divorce lawyer, tell them you need to resolve the issue of the house. One of you might have to buy it from the other, or the judge might have to have the name changed on the deed. At any rate, call your lawyer to have this resolved. He can't hold you hostage like that.

Answer 8

I would just tell him that he should buy your half of the house and then you can go out and find another house that you like and move in to your new one! And if he can't do that then i would either go to court or a lawyer and talk about the house!

Answer 9

1st things 1st; find yourself a place of safety and then get a lawyer.

Answer 10

Why was the house not sorted out in the divorce? go back to your solicitor.  Who is paying the mortgage? Is it in joint names? Will he buy you out? There are so many questions and as many options really. go back to the solicitor, cos he hasnt done his job properly

Answer 11

First thing, get a lawyer.  If he doesn't want to sell the house and you don't want it, do a quitclaim deed relinquishing your part of the house.  You don't say if you are separated or not, but issues with the house will need to be dealt with in a courtroom between attorneys.  You need to move to a place of safety and let the lawyers hammer our the details.

Answer 12

well what was in the divorce settlement? what was the decision made about the house?

Answer 13

as u jointly own the house he is legally obligated to either: let u live there (i know this is not an option 4 u though); buy out your share; or sell it and divide the £.

If he refuses to do any of these - u can get a court order forcing him to  do so

hope this helps

Answer 14

go back to the courts and get an order to have the house sold.

of course you will have to decide who gets what - if your husband won't cooperate the court will do it  - this is for uk.

Answer 15

Was this not addressed in your divorce settlement? If it wasn't, you will need an attorney to revise the divorce agreement. Usually how this works is that at the time of divorce a couple decides who will keep the house. Whoever wants it pays the other party 1/2 of the equity thats in the house. If neither wants the house ,the house is sold and whatever is left after the house purchase closes is divided between the two people. if your ex opts to buy you out he would have to get a new mortgage w/o your name on it other wise you will still be responsable for the mortgage payments. Best to get a lawyer.