Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in New Mexico

If my same sex partner is on the mortgage do I owe her anything if we split up?


Asked on 9/16/09, 7:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Each of you has a monetary interest in mortgaged real estate to the extent of your individual contributions. Each of you has an equal obligation to pay the jointly-incurred indebtedness until it is discharged. In different words, each of you owns 1/2 of any equity in the property, and each of you owes 1/2 of the mortgage, unless you have some other arrangement in writing or unless your contributions were not equal.

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Answered on 9/22/09, 9:32 am


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