Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

Re: Buying a house while separated

Now, dont take this wrong, but let me summarize:

you are in the middle of a divorce. You have to deal with it very soon.

you have a job.

you might have kids.

child support and college tuition needs to be paid. measured in tens of thousand of dollars.

you want to buy a house, and maybe you have some money saved. you might have a pension plan.

and you want to do this without an attorney's advice.

Nothing that an attorney can say over this bulletin board can come close to helping you solve your problems. Careless actions by you will likely cost you thousands of dollars, make your life more difficult, and possibly cause additional harm to the kids.

Hire an attorney. Go see an experienced divorce attorney located reasonably near you, and pay the attorney to review your situation carefully with you, and give you some guidance.

Go hire a lawyer, and figure out what you want to do.

If you would like, give me a call; I am in northern New Jersey. I will be happy to discuss this with you; the telephone consultation will be free.

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Re: Buying a house while separated

I am certain that you know your wife better than I do because I do not know her at all, but in matters of finance caution is the keynote. It would prudent to have her sign something before you purchase this house signing off on any entitlement to a share of the equity in the house

because it is likely that you are using funds earned during the marriage to purchase the house. I would also suggest that you should not purchase the house prior to the filing of the divorce complaint because that event marks the factual end of your marriage in terms of identifying marital assets for equitable distribution.

Of course this is only cautious advice and you should feel free to throw caution to the winds.

Gary Moore, Esquire

Hackensack, New Jersey

www.garymooreattorneyatlaw.com

Re: Buying a house while separated

I take it that you and your wife do not have a separation agreement?

You can deal with the issue of dividing and maintaining assets with a separation agreement.

You can still get a separation agreement to protect your interest.

My best advise, however, is to wait until your divorce is finalized, or file for a divorce yourself.

Why wait for your wife to get the divorce?

Antoinette M. Wooten, Esq.