Broken Seperation Agreement

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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Dear tgravanada:

Greetings. I am sorry to tell you that without reading your separation agreement in full I cannot give you advice. The only thing I can tell you is that just because she breached does not mean that you also can breach the agreement. No, you cannot stop paying, but you can start a breach of contract claim against her. Best of luck and let us know if you want us to look it over for you.

Janet L. Fritts
Attorney with Rosen Divorce
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
RosenDivorce.com
919-787-6668

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I signed a seperation agreement 2 years ago stating that I would pay my ex-wife $800.00 a month in Child Support (1 child) and half of the house payment (800.00 a month) until the house was sold. 6 months ago she took the house off of the market and has made no attempt to put it up for sale again. I asked her if I could just have the house transfered into my name only, and I would take full responsibility for it, she said no. My question is, since she already has broken the terms of the Seperation Agreement, do I have to continue to pay half of the house payment? It has become very obvious that she has no intention of moving. Also, I am on unemployment and do not even make the required $400.00 a week. What can I do about this?