New wife rights

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My husband and his ex-wife have a home and a business. The divorce decree states they can not have anyone in the home who is not a relative. The ex-wife is currently living elsewhere and has remarried. My husband resides in the home along with their kids. He and I were recently married, what rights do I have as his new wife to be in the home and can his divorce decree be amended until the home is sold?
 
His divorce decree states anyone not related is unable to be at the residence. However this is before both of them remarried.
 
So even though the house is in both their names, I still have a right to be there because I'm now his wife.
 
The ex must take hubby back to court on a charge of contempt, for ignoring the divorce order. Hubby will present the marriage license and the judge will throw it out. If hubby has a lawyer represent him, he should request she be ordered to pay his lawyer fee.
 
His ex-wife had an issue yesterday. My car was parked in the garage while we were out of town. She doesn't have a key to the house but still has the garage door opener. When she opened the garage and saw my car parked there she had an issue. However she has remarried and of course lives elsewhere. My husband will not let me get involved, however my issue is that now that I'm married to him, I have a right to be there until the house is sold.
 
Hes right its not your issue. However as his legal wife you have the right to be there. All he need to do is either go to court to amend order (like there needs to be a hearing) or wait for her to file court papers and watch Judge laugh her out of court
 
Shrinkmaster, she brought it up yesterday when she came to the home. I was not there at the time however my car was parked there.
 
The ex wife has no business whatsoever opening or entering that garage or the rest of the house.
You should consider changing the openers so that hers does not work anymore. This is easy to do and cheap.
 
Not so fast - if she's still on the deed, she may have every right to come and go as she pleases unless the court has given the husband exclusive use of the home until the home is sold.

She can't realistically (yes, it would likely be laughed out of court) stop New Wife from being around, but we don't have enough facts to determine whether or not the husband can legally lock her out of her own property.
 
A name on the deed does not mean she can come and go as she pleases.
If the ex lives elsewhere and has remarried she has no business in the house. Her ex-husband and the OP have a legitimate expectation of privacy there.
Ex-wife could potentially commit a criminal trespass. That would be much easier to prove if she did not have working keys and garage door openers.
Of course, this isn't the question that was asked, but it is an underlying problem that brought the question up.
 
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