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Can an ex lay claim to your house?

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08 Apr 12 #322349 by cherish68
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Can someone tell me whether an ex who is remarried can lay claim to your house etc once divorce settlement has been reached and concluded? I now own my own house following divorce settlement. My ex is seeking financial remedies 4 years after the chattells were split, 2 years since I moved out of the marital home and three years after the divorce and settlement. Any advice would be welcome.
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08 Apr 12 #322350 by soulruler
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Was the financial agreement settled via the courts or were you just divorced via the courts and made a gentlemans agreement regarding the financial split?

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08 Apr 12 #322355 by Tets
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Also if through the courts was there a maintenance element or was it a Clean Break?

If there was no court sealed agreement then I believe he is statute barred from making a claim after he remarried.

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08 Apr 12 #322365 by cherish68
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Hi, thanks for the response. It was a clean break and after he gained residence of our kids I paid maintenance. Any idea what oustanding financial remedy could mean?
Thanks

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08 Apr 12 #322366 by soulruler
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Sounds like he is having a nervous breakdown and trying to give you one.

Maybe just remind him that you have a clean break order sealed by a court and that you paid maintenence in accordance to the order.

Also, sort of funny as Tets says he is statute barred from making a claim once re-married so he is, I would have thought "twice out of order"! :laugh:

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08 Apr 12 #322372 by cherish68
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Hi, the actual financial split was done via the courts. The chattells (household effects)were split without the courts intervention. It was a little complicated because the marital home was sold for re-development. I negotiated a rental agreement with the developers and stayed on in the house until I could find somewhere to live. My ex wanted to take all the doors/floors/architraves etc from the house before it was demoloished, sell it and split 50/50. However, I couldn''t see how this was possible as we sold the house and then it was rented back to me. The day I moved out the developers were actually standing over me waiting for me to give them my door keys! Before I moved out I managed to get someone to remove the firepaces (they were cemented and not screwed in)the bathroom suite and a cast iron Rayburn. I was unable to sell them on ebay or the local demolition company (who wanted money to remove them!) and I gave them away - apart from the Rayburn which I left in the garage. I told my ex about the Rayburn, suggesting he should attempt to sell it. I don''t think he did. I can only assume that he is after recompense for the fireplaces etc. The kids lived with me up until just before I moved out. It was an awful time - they were put through CAFCASS twice. In the end to stop the bickering I gave in. Maintenance was done through the CSA and I am up to date with payments.
Cant beleive that this nightmare continues...

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09 Apr 12 #322603 by cherish68
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Thanks for your response. Will be going to court next Monday so will let you know how things go:S

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