Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Michigan

my wife to be and i are getting harrassing phone calls and text messages from her ex boyfriend, they had bought a house together and after they were seperated for about a year he decided he could not make the payment any more so we moved in, we have just moved out because of how he is treating her on the phone and will not help in any way to get his name off the house or have the payment lowered so we can afford it, now he is threating to sue us for removing property from the house that we bought and installed ( interor door. etc. ), what can we do about this?


Asked on 1/17/11, 6:32 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Shelly Schellenberg MI & FL private practice

If the boyfriend owns the house (his name is on the deed) then he has no obligation to you to have the payment lowered so that you can afford to live there. If your wife also owns the house (her name is on the deed) then she has standing to bring a case against the Ex BF for partition, forcing him to participate in the sale of the property with a division of the proceeds. If you were a renter in the property, and you installed a door, it became real estate, and should have been left with the property. A door is not personal property once it is installed, it is real property and belongs to the real property owner. (the Ex BF and your wife). If you and your wife don't want to hear from the Ex BF you can block his calls with most internet providers (AT&T has this feature) OR you can change your phone number, or you can simply ignore him.

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Answered on 1/22/11, 7:19 am


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