Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Mississippi

I lived with a man for 13 years. During that time we bought a mobile home & a touch over 4acres. We never married but always planned to one day. We refered to each other as husband & wife, as well as introduced to ourselves as husband & wife to people. He gave his daughter when she got married a little over an acre of the property which was fine with me. Now we have split up permemtly & he has put the property up for sale (120,000). During our years together I helped make payments on the land as well as the house. My question is even though we live in a non-community state (MS) do I have any rites to recivie money from the sale of the property


Asked on 5/24/10, 8:10 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Wayne Woodall Wayne Woodall Attorney

Probably but your rights may not entitle you to very much and certainly won't unless you start an action at once to protect your rights. If your name is not on the Deed acquiring the property you need to file suit at once to try to get the court to at least impress an equitable lien on the property to recognize the payments you made towards the property. You were never husband and wife and there is no "common law marriage" in Mississippi any more thus your rights may be limited to that which is stated above.

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Answered on 6/05/10, 5:07 pm


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