Legal Question in Family Law in New York
If a man have a home but is still paying a mortgage get marry and his wife start helping him pay the morgage... now it about 5yrs into the marriage and the wife put in 30,000 + dollars into the mortgage but the husband wants a divorce can the wife get anything out of the home if he sell it or keep it. there are no children
1 Answer from Attorneys
You are correct to be concerned. The court may give her credit for a portion of the mortgage payments she made. However, you should sit down with a lawyer to determine the marital assets and liabilities, the value of the house at the time of marriage versus now, and the total payments she made versus what you made, etc.
With the decline in house values, she may not be credited with much.
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