Saturday, May 24, 2014

Property & Break-Ups: Can an ex-partner return to a once-shared house with impunity?

a friend split with her partner a few months ago.
he is paying the mortgage, she is paying the bills (i think the mortgage is in joint names)

he says that he can come back and stay at the house because it's 'his', even though this causes immense disruption in the lives of her children, aged 16, 14 and 6.

next week, he hass told her he is staying for the whole week so he doesn't have to commute so far to work.

is he legally allowed to do this?
or must my friend apply to a court to keep him away?

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