Legal Question in Administrative Law in Georgia

I was in a relationship for 5 years. Way into the relationship my girlfriend found a really good deal on a condo in Florida. I really was not for it but she talked me into the idea that she would buy it and put it in her name. She put down 40k and got it. For 2 years I was making the mtg payment including the HOA and utilities. I also but appliances and some furniture. Also as I made extra income I would apply it to the mtg. I ended up putting at least $50k into the condo. Every mtg payment she would ask if I had extra to put down. She was also on my checking account but never put one dime into the account. We broke up 2 years later. I did mot hear from her for quite some time. I noticed she was not writing the mtg check out of the account so I checked to see if the property was up for sale and found out that it had been sold but she never told me

I emailed her numerous times but she would not answer. I know she clear more than enough to get her down payment back plus enough to have paid me back. I want to know if she is legally bound to pay me my money back

Thanks. Rudy


Asked on 12/21/14, 10:03 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

You posted in the wrong category and your question should be directed to Florida lawyers and not Georgia lawyers. They will not see this post. If the issue involved GA, based on your post the answer is probably easy - you did not mention a single thing about an agreement to pay you back or that both of you agreed that the money you put in was only a loan. In that case, money you put in was your part of the expenses or a gift. There are no "do overs' after a breakup, and you can't just decide then that they were only loans.

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Answered on 12/21/14, 10:08 am


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