Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Tennessee

Re: Our home...what are my rights???

I would go to Chancery Court and seek an injunction allowing you to return to the house. I would also seek damages in the Chancery Court action for any monetary damages incurred by you for having to live elsewhere during the time that you were out of the house. I would also seek through the Chancery Court action an eviction of your former fiancee. You have children who need to live in the house. Once you are back in the house and he is removed through court action, the mortgage needs to be refinanced in your name alone if you want to continue living there.

Re: Our home...what are my rights???

Because your name is on the deed, you have an ownership interest in the property such that he cannot unilaterally extinguish that right. However, practically he has the power to remove your things from the premises and force you to find someplace else to live in the very short-term. This is a situation for which the law will supply a remedy and I would encourage you to speak with an attorney to get a plan for dealing with this situation as it continues to develop.