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Husband and ex-wife are joint owners of a house. Wife is in arrears with MEP and wants the husband to buy her out of the house in order to clear the arrears and to get off of Social Assistance. What are the options if ex-husband is refusing?
There is not enough detail to provide a full answer. Who is living in the home. Are the parties in the middle of divorce proceedings? has there been a separation agreement signed.
The Husband cannot be forced to buy the ex-wife out.
An application can be made for force the sale of the home. There are a lot of factors involved to this type of application and I recommend that you book a consultation with a family law lawyer. The lawyer would be able to gather more specifics with respect to your inquiry and provide you with more options. This would include the viability of those options.
19 months ago
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