Q: Is my girlfriend entitled to half my property if it is still owed and she has contributed to payments and maintenance?
The property is under my name only and was purchased before I met her. I am filing an eviction suit because she refuses to leave and claims she has rights. To my understanding, she has "tenant" rights, because she resides here I have to give her a certain time to vacate the premises and if she still refuses then I should follow up with the eviction suit. I am doing that at the moment, but she wants to settle this on our own without having to go to court but wants to stay with the property because she says shes en entitled to half...
We don't have any children together and I have already been divorced from my 1st wife, so I know some information. My ex wife stayed with the property we purchased as married but both kept out separate properties.
What will happen in this case if I'm not married to my girlfriend and my property is in my name only?
A: It sounds like the two of you could sort this out with a mediator's input. I doubt she will agree to anything if she is not paid back, at least in part, for any contributions she has made to the purchase or improvement of property.
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