Q: TX-Husband wants me to sign lease so he can show he is not paying mortgage so he can buy new house.
I recently filed for divorce. I have been living in the home for the past 10 months and he lives in an apartment. We purchased home after he moved out and all the payments have come out of what he gives me monthly for child support. Loan is in his name but we are both on title. His lease will be up before divorce is final and he doesnt want his rent to go up and he wants a new home to house mistress and her kids too. He needs proof that someone is paying mortgage and not him so he can qualify for home. I advised him divorce decree will have all info he needs and divorce orders state he cannot incur any debts. He thinks i should help him out, and hes trying to bully me into doing it NOW. I'm afraid to sign anything, I don't trust him.
A: It sounds like your current orders forbid him from incurring additional debt and there isn’t anything dictating that you give him approval on applying for a mortgage loan during the pendency of the divorce. If that is true, and you don’t want to assist him in such a venture then it doesn’t sound like there is anything stopping you from just telling him no.
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