Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Tennessee

Verbal contracts with regards to purchase of property

I am not sure if this was the proper law catagory for this but here goes. My girlfriend bought a house with her former boyfirend whom she was suppose to get married to. Unfortunately, her name is not on the deed. She supplied the majority of the down payment for the house and she has been paying half of the house note as well as half of the maintenance on the house. She can prove that she has done this. My girlfriend had a verbal agreement with her ex-boyfriend to have her name put on the deed but it never happenned. Does she have a case and what are her options?


Asked on 4/27/06, 1:29 pm

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Re: Verbal contracts with regards to purchase of property

What is she trying to do? Get her equity out of the house? Make him sell it? She can try a few things; 1) bring a partition action against him to make him buy out her share of the home, or at least get back her downpayment, or 2) bring a breach of contract against him and get a judgment against him and try to collect on it by placing a judgment lien on her home. Without anything in writing though she'll have a tough time but she should try.

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Answered on 4/27/06, 1:59 pm


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