Want to get a divorce from my husband. Just found out after 4 years of marriage that the house he claimed was his is not in his name. I sold my home and invested almost all the money in remodeling this house. Now I find that he signed over the deed to his brother who lives in Germany so that he if got sued he wouldn't lose the house. Do I have any claim against the house? Do I have any way of being able to recoup any of my money? He tells me "Sue me, good luck!" There is no money left in our savings, nothing for me to able to live on when I leave him. Can anyone tell me if I can fight this some how or have I lost everything?
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Want divorce but find out husband lied about property
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jharris352
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The real problem is you have no money to pursue a claim. You could sue him for fraud and his brother for unjust enrichment, fraud, and quantum meruit but you don't have the money to pay an attorney.
army judge
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When did he sign the deed over to his brother?
Did he assign the deed to his brother via quitclaim?
When did you sell your home?
Why did you sell your home?
How much did you contribute to the repairs?
What inducements were used on you
to repair the home?
Who was your money given to for the repairs?
Do you have receipts for the repairs?
If so, is your name on the receipts?
In what state were you married?
In what state is the home?
Does he work?
If so, what is his profession?
What is yours?
What percentage of the marital estate do you maintain?
Do you have children of this marriage?
You can post your answers adjacent to my queries.
Depending on your answers, there just might be a remedy available to you.
Your crook of a husband may not be as smart as he pretends to be.
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Did he assign the deed to his brother via quitclaim?
When did you sell your home?
Why did you sell your home?
How much did you contribute to the repairs?
What inducements were used on you
to repair the home?
Who was your money given to for the repairs?
Do you have receipts for the repairs?
If so, is your name on the receipts?
In what state were you married?
In what state is the home?
Does he work?
If so, what is his profession?
What is yours?
What percentage of the marital estate do you maintain?
Do you have children of this marriage?
You can post your answers adjacent to my queries.
Depending on your answers, there just might be a remedy available to you.
Your crook of a husband may not be as smart as he pretends to be.
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Oh I hope you can help...
Re: Want divorce but find out husband lied about property
When did he sign the deed over to his brother?
As far as I know it was done quite a few years ago.
Did he assign the deed to his brother via quitclaim? This I do not know yet, I found on the online County Website that the house was in his brothers name, I haven't gone yet to see the county records, which I plan to do.
When did you sell your home? In 2005, before we were married.
Why did you sell your home? We decided to live in his house because it was larger than my condo, but it needed to be updated.
How much did you contribute to the repairs? I've been going through the receipts and trying to remember all that he's done even without receipts, it comes to about a $100,000.
What inducements were used on you
to repair the home? That he would put my name on the deed and that I would own the home with him.
Who was your money given to for the repairs? Various contractors, we've had different things done in the last 4 years. The house is old and needed so many upgrades.
Do you have receipts for the repairs? Yes for most and all the new appliances we had to buy.
If so, is your name on the receipts? On some, not all
In what state were you married? California
In what state is the home? California
Does he work? Yes.
If so, what is his profession? He is a Warehouse Manager
What is yours? I am a Printing Manager
What percentage of the marital estate do you maintain? As of the last 4 years, I would say at least 80%.
He brought no money to this marriage. I brought the money from the sale of my home and my earnings which have been a lot higher than his.
Do you have children of this marriage? No
You can post your answers adjacent to my queries.
Depending on your answers, there just might be a remedy available to you.
Your crook of a husband may not be as smart as he pretends to be.
Re: Want divorce but find out husband lied about property
When did he sign the deed over to his brother?
As far as I know it was done quite a few years ago.
Did he assign the deed to his brother via quitclaim? This I do not know yet, I found on the online County Website that the house was in his brothers name, I haven't gone yet to see the county records, which I plan to do.
When did you sell your home? In 2005, before we were married.
Why did you sell your home? We decided to live in his house because it was larger than my condo, but it needed to be updated.
How much did you contribute to the repairs? I've been going through the receipts and trying to remember all that he's done even without receipts, it comes to about a $100,000.
What inducements were used on you
to repair the home? That he would put my name on the deed and that I would own the home with him.
Who was your money given to for the repairs? Various contractors, we've had different things done in the last 4 years. The house is old and needed so many upgrades.
Do you have receipts for the repairs? Yes for most and all the new appliances we had to buy.
If so, is your name on the receipts? On some, not all
In what state were you married? California
In what state is the home? California
Does he work? Yes.
If so, what is his profession? He is a Warehouse Manager
What is yours? I am a Printing Manager
What percentage of the marital estate do you maintain? As of the last 4 years, I would say at least 80%.
He brought no money to this marriage. I brought the money from the sale of my home and my earnings which have been a lot higher than his.
Do you have children of this marriage? No
You can post your answers adjacent to my queries.
Depending on your answers, there just might be a remedy available to you.
Your crook of a husband may not be as smart as he pretends to be.
army judge
Super Moderator
The good news for you, is that you live in California.
California is a community property state.
Your crooked husband's goose is not cooked, its burnt to a crisp.
In community property states, everything you acquire is jointly owned.
Your name doesn't have to be on anything to exert ownership and control over it.
Your marriage license does that for you.
Things you owned before the marriage are treated separately.
Things acquired in the marriage are jointly owned.
You need to know exactly when he deded the home to his brother.
I hope it was after the marriage.
But, even if it wasn't, you are entitled to the appreciation of the home due to the seed money for the repairs.
Living in California, if you sue him FIRST for divorce (or cross claim), you can sue him for your lawyer's bills.
You'll get it back big from this bum.
You can also bring fraud charges on him for inducing you to put money into a home he surreptitiously deeded to his brother, but lied to you about.
Beg or borrow some seed money to use as a retainer to hire a good divorce lawyer.
You want a shark, someone like Gloria Allred.
California has many of them.
They'll take you on from a few hundred to a couple thousand.
This creep should be made to pay big.
He gives men bad names.
Ignore his rants, you've got this one in the bag.
You could even have this sham of a marriage annulled, but a divorce will reap greater pain and punishment to him.
Ask your friends or relatives who is a good divorce attorney in your area.
Talk to 2 or 3.
Pick one that you like.
Start today and plan to have someone working this by Wednesday.
Don't let him get ahead of you.
Whatever you do, don't move out of the house.
But, sleep in separate rooms and play nice.
Let me know what happens.
California is a community property state.
Your crooked husband's goose is not cooked, its burnt to a crisp.
In community property states, everything you acquire is jointly owned.
Your name doesn't have to be on anything to exert ownership and control over it.
Your marriage license does that for you.
Things you owned before the marriage are treated separately.
Things acquired in the marriage are jointly owned.
You need to know exactly when he deded the home to his brother.
I hope it was after the marriage.
But, even if it wasn't, you are entitled to the appreciation of the home due to the seed money for the repairs.
Living in California, if you sue him FIRST for divorce (or cross claim), you can sue him for your lawyer's bills.
You'll get it back big from this bum.
You can also bring fraud charges on him for inducing you to put money into a home he surreptitiously deeded to his brother, but lied to you about.
Beg or borrow some seed money to use as a retainer to hire a good divorce lawyer.
You want a shark, someone like Gloria Allred.
California has many of them.
They'll take you on from a few hundred to a couple thousand.
This creep should be made to pay big.
He gives men bad names.
Ignore his rants, you've got this one in the bag.
You could even have this sham of a marriage annulled, but a divorce will reap greater pain and punishment to him.
Ask your friends or relatives who is a good divorce attorney in your area.
Talk to 2 or 3.
Pick one that you like.
Start today and plan to have someone working this by Wednesday.
Don't let him get ahead of you.
Whatever you do, don't move out of the house.
But, sleep in separate rooms and play nice.
Let me know what happens.
"The good news for you, is that you live in California.
California is a community property state.
Your crooked husband's goose is not cooked, its burnt to a crisp."
Oh my goodness, I thought I was out of a home and money. Thank you so much for your information. I will do whatever it takes to get the money to get a good lawyer and go after him. I was so depressed and feeling like there was no recourse in this situation. You just made my day! I will definitely let you know what happens.
California is a community property state.
Your crooked husband's goose is not cooked, its burnt to a crisp."
Oh my goodness, I thought I was out of a home and money. Thank you so much for your information. I will do whatever it takes to get the money to get a good lawyer and go after him. I was so depressed and feeling like there was no recourse in this situation. You just made my day! I will definitely let you know what happens.
army judge
Super Moderator
lz48 said:
Don't tip your hand until your lawyer is ready to serve this turdball.
Act as normal as possible, but sleep in another room.
As if need to tell you, but no conjugal relations going forward.
Avoid giving him any more money and do not move out of the family home.
These are the kinds of cases that most of us became lawyers fir and you're the kind of client we enjoy helping.
It may not be newsworthy, but it is your life.
Good luck.
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