Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois
real estate
I have a very complicated question...and dont even know where to begin. there isnt enuff space on here to even begin...I need some serious advice about a man who decieved me and tricked me into deeding off my property with the verbal promise to pay later. now he will not pay. the only witness I have is the laon officer at the financial institution who over heard the conversation, but this was 4 years ago, and I am sure his memory would (wink wink) fail him now. I am sure a verbal agreement would hold up in court, but what if I could prove that he decieved me for over 8 years? would I stand a chance? I need some serious help, this man owes me several thousand dollars, but he claims he owes me nothing. he was impotant for all the years we were together but claimed he didnt have a problem. he claimed it was stress, hormones, work schedule, etc. but after it ended, he went and had a penile implant because he had a serious injury at some time in his life. he lied to me all those years. this was the reason for the demise of the relationship. there was absolutely no affection or intimacy. and he knew this all along and lied to me all along. you are probably laughing, but this is a serious issue to me. do I have a leg to stand on?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: real estate
You need to consult with an attorney in your area. This is not something which can be solved in a forum such as this. I would urge you to focus on the relevant details regarding how you lost the property and the agreements you made when discussing this with an attorney.
Re: real estate
Please believe that I do not consider your problems a laughing matter. Anyway, you appear to have several and different issues here. One part is an apparent family law issue (annulment, etc.).
The other part of your problem is the agreement about the real estate. You will clearly need to consult with a litigation attorney face to face in order to consider a "partition suit", or "detrimental reliance" among other potential solutions. So you probably have several possible legal and "equitable" theories to fit into a lawsuit, but you need to separate out the property issues from the relationship issues.
Also, I'm not as confident as you are that a verbal agreement is a dead bang winner. That's why these things are (hopefully) put in writing. Because as you suggest, when people get to court their memories either conveniently fade or sometimes they genuinely remember things differently. Good luck in any case!
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