# Husband wants to sell house

**URL:** <https://forum.rosen.com/t/husband-wants-to-sell-house/15546>\
**Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\
**Created:** [February 20, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/husband-wants-to-sell-house/15546 "2014-02-20T12:36:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Separating2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@Separating2014](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Separating2014)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/husband-wants-to-sell-house/15546/1 "2014-02-20T12:36:03Z")

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My husband and I are separating and have been married 10 years. We bought a house 4 years ago and it was deeded to both of us but mortgage is only in his name. I want to stay in this house (for awhile anyway) for our children’s sake- they are going to be upset with this news and putting the house onthe market, i belueve, will be very upsetting to them.He wants to sell ommediately–he says I can’t afford this house if we are divorced. I am dependent spouse. Can he force me to put the house on the market? Can he quit paying mortgage and put us in foreclosure?

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**Author:** ![Kathleen\_Putiri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@Kathleen\_Putiri](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Kathleen_Putiri)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/husband-wants-to-sell-house/15546/2 "2014-02-22T15:03:01Z")

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He cannot force you to sell the house. If you cannot reach a resolution that both of you can agree on, you may have to file an action for support and [equitable distribution](http://www.rosen.com/property-nav/) so the court can decide what should happen with the house. If you are unable to afford the house based on the income you receive from wages, [child support](http://www.rosen.com/child-support/), and [alimony](http://www.rosen.com/alimony-nav/), you may have to sell the house.

Yes, he can stop paying the mortgage and move the house into foreclosure. While this isn’t a smart choice for him to make because he is wasting marital assets, you have no way of stopping him from doing these types of things without a court order or agreement.