Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Divorce ammendment

We live in the state of Florida, my ex-wife and I have been divorced final since August 2007. In the papers it states that I, the (ex)-husband shall reside in the home until the sale of the home and all other property divisions have been settled. The problem is, the house is still for sale and no offers have been made. By the way, we owe nothing on the house. But things aren't turning out so well as she planned with her new life she wanted, and she has exhausted all of the half of all the monies she got from our divorce, and she is pushing me to buy her out! She cannot get a loan on her own to buy ME out! Basically, she needs money and says that a lawyer has told her that SHE can have our finalized divorce papers ammended to make me pay her some monies for the time I still reside in the house waiting for the sale of it, for example---RENT? for my own house? Is there anything that she can possibly do in ammending the divorce papers after all this time? What are my rights? She is the one who filed the papers this way to begin with, I read them and I am doing everything the way It was stated and signed in the divorce papers..


Asked on 3/26/08, 11:50 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Simpson

Re: Divorce ammendment

No, she can't amend the divorce decree. She agreed to the terms and will have to live with them. She could possibly file a motion for some relief, but I am not certain a judge would allow it. Wait and see what she tries and then take it to your attorney for review.

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Answered on 3/28/08, 2:56 pm


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