Legal Question in Family Law in Nevada

My partner and I have been together for 16 years a few weeks ago, with no warning she decided that we should split. She doesn't want to give me anything, just allow me to take my belongings and go. I do not work and haven't in probably over a decade. I however took care of the house, cleaned, cooked, tended the grounds and paid the utility bills as well as amenities, food and clothing for the both of us. She took care of the mortgage on the house and her personal bills (credit cards etc).

I am disabled and have been since we got together she is sighting that she can no longer stay with me and deal with my disability. She has given me no written notice to vacate, nor has she personally spoken to me about leaving, just asked a friend to relay that I am to leave on the 3rd of Sept by midnight. We are trying to use a friend to mediate the split who gets what, but she (my ex) says I should get nothing.

I just recently received inheritance which was a substantial amount to which I offered to pay off her debt and the mortgage to the house which she told me no. So I used the money on the house and on us. Over the years I have sunk a lot of money and hard work in to this home which we have lived in for 9 years.

I believe that I have should be entitled to something but because of the laws here in NV for gays I am not sure what my rights are. I have decided not to leave on the 3rd unless she agrees to my offer of $30,000. I know that she then will have to go through a costly and lengthy eviction processes to remove me from the home.

I am not trying to be difficult but I am on Social Security my options on limited had I known that she was planning this (which she was planning it) I would have saved my inheritance to purchase a home rather then spend it on this one and us.

I have a feeling that I will have to retain a lawyer but I would just like to know upfront some basics of what my rights are. And the best way to go about all of it.


Asked on 8/23/11, 3:23 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Marshal Willick Willick Law Group

Such cases are intensely fact-specific, and there is relatively little controlling law in Nevada; I've written most of the materials analyzing/predicting it. See the articles posted at http://www.willicklawgroup.com/palimony_cohabitation. However, what you actually require is a full consultation with qualified counsel to go over all possibilities and options.

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Answered on 8/23/11, 7:56 am


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