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writes:how can i get my ex to give me financial settlement for our house. she wont sell it, ignores all solicitors letters, when i met her 5 years ago i had 30k and we used it to do the house up and had a couple of holidays from it. when we split up she took all the receipts so got rid of the evidence, she offered me 25k at the start but that has gone down to 6k, a pittence for the money time ,effort and mortgage repayments i put into it. Surely it is illegal what she is and has done, but oh no in the divorce world you can do any thing you like.
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reader, Boredatwork +, writes (1 April 2010):
 You could consider taking her to civil court?
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reader, anonymous, writes (1 April 2010): Is your house only in her name? You need a solicitor to draw up the law and how it affects your state of affairs as regard you, your ex and the home you once lived in. Once you know what the law provides for you when your union dissolves approach your ex and use that as leverage to get what you want or tell her that you will have no choice but to sue her for your share of the proceeds at the dissolution of your union.
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reader, Red Green 0289  +, writes (1 April 2010):
well kiss you time and effort good bye, no value there... not sure about the UK, but in the US you would have settled on the house as part of the divorce. Here you would be entitled to half of the equity in the home- not based on how much you put into it, but it's value after the mortgage is retired. So, if the house had a $50K mortgage, and was worth $100K (get an appraisal) she'd have to come up with $50K as part of the divorce settlement, not over time. If she didn't have the money, the house would be sold and you get half the remaining cash. It gets more complex if the home was purchased prior to marriage, but all assets acquired during the marriage are usually subject to disposal.
Can you have her served with legal papers by a process server? Can be done as she's walking down the street or at work. The person hands her the legal documents and she's been served. If she violates the document she can be hauled before a judge in contempt of court.
Seek some legal advice from a man's self help legal group who's used to helping divorced fathers.
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reader, Auntie E +, writes (1 April 2010):
 Do you have an attorney?
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