Home for sale

If your husband won’t cooperate with signing a separation agreement where that debt is his responsibility, you may need to pursue an Interim Distribution of the debt from the court. This would result in a court order saying he has to pay something toward the mortgage (it may not be all of it), and the payments that have not already been made. Talk to an attorney in your area about the details of your case.

Good luck!

Shonnese D. Stanback
Attorney
The Rosen Law Firm
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 200
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
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email: sstanback@rosen.com

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What legal rights would I have if my soon to be ex doesn’t keep up with the mortgage payments? He still lives in the house and I moved out. We do not have a signed separation agreement and I heard from another family member that he has not been paying it and I’m afraid if it gets foreclosed on, my credit will be completely ruined. Can I legally make him pay the payments? Yes, he can afford them, just doesn’t pay. He won’t put the house up for sale or agree to let me sign away my rights to the house.