Legal Question in Family Law in United Kingdom
seperation from partner
i have been with my partner for 3 years,we have a two year old child together, we live in a house that he pays the mortgage for and is in his name, but we are now not getting alone, he works and i stay at home looking after our child(his name is on her birth certificate.)
if he wants to sell the house and throw us out am i entittled to anything.can he do this or does he have to provide a roof over our childs head even if does not provide for me .
do i have any rights at all as i will be looking after the child
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: seperation from partner
I am afraid that despite the length of your cohabitation, your rights against the property owned by your partner are very limited.As you are not married it is only in cases where a cohabitee was led to believe that she had an interest a property and reliant upon this promise acted to the detriment that an interestwill be awarded. Otherwise the fact that the property is shown as owned by your partner is conclusive.
Your partner does have an obligation to maintain your child and this will extend to providing a home. Should he try to throw you out without making proper provision there are remedies available from the court.
Please let me know if I can help further
Andrew Dutton
Legal-Zone
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