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help me c0re! legal advice needed...
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| lücid |
so a few days ago my ex contacts me about a check he received in the amount of $200 that can't be cashed unless it's signed by both of us. the reason it's in both of our names is because we bought a condo together last year and he overpaid in escrow so that's the refund check. when we bought the condo i didn't help with the down payment or anything (we mainly just bought it together so we could use both of our names/credit scores to get a loan) but i was helping with the monthly payments while we were living together, paying $400 per month. i broke up with him last summer after we had been living together for 6 months, but i didn't get any money back because we decided it would just be easiest to consider the $400/month payment as my "rent" payment for living there with him. i signed the papers to get my name off all the , and i was gone.
now... i haven't called him back or replied to the e-mail because i feel kind of pissed off that he's contacting me just so he can get $200. we had a pretty ed up break up and he basically kicked me out of the condo before i could move into my apartment and i was homeless for a few weeks, which really ed me over financially for a while. i haven't talked to him in 8 months and we're not friends anymore. he had his mortgage broker (a girl that lives in his building that he's friends with) call me so that i can meet up with her and sign the check, but i haven't called her back.
so the way i see it... if my name is on the check, i should get half of the money. legally i'm not sure how that all plays out since he's the one that overpaid the taxes, but it's in both of our names. i don't want to come off as a bitch but i do think i deserve half the money... i mean i went through all the bull of buying the place and signing all the paperwork and helping with the monthly payments and i really got nothing out of it.
how should i handle this?
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| kid nyce |
Give him the chance to say Yes you can have half of the money
If he refuses then you tell him "You have a dilemma then" =)
You aren't obligated by Law to sign anything in life. A signature is a choice, you choose either you get half or he gets none =)
oh yea and if he agrees to give you half of the money, do it properly with a signature as well as whatever legal contract you might make with him prior to signing it. I'm sure someone in legal here can help you draft an official contract without having to pay any lawyer fees. This is small claims, you just need to be represented by someone who has some law status. =) I think a bank notary might do as well. |
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| DJ RJT |
| You know my opinion on this... Unless he has legal reason to compel you to sign the check so that he can take all the money, don't sign, that is, unless you get half the money ;) |
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| DigitalMP |
tell him you'll sign it if he hands you $100 at the time of the signing.
nobody can make you endorse the check. |
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| Silky Johnson |
I agree that you deserve half, but the way I see it...is the 100 dollars REALLY worth fighting with him for?? It seems petty, it's only a hundred bucks. Unless you're in dire need of it...
I would just sign the check and say good riddance once and for all to the dumb bastard. |
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| DigitalMP |
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
Give him the chance to say Yes you can have half of the money |
words mean nothing here. i'm sure he already has a contingency plan, knowing that he fcked her over and she'll want some of the money. |
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| Googooly |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
how should i handle this?
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handle with care. |
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| kid nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigitalMP
words mean nothing here. i'm sure he already has a contingency plan, knowing that he fcked her over and she'll want some of the money. |
Ok then charge him $100 for your autograph =)
cash of course =P |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Googooly
handle with care. |
I knew when I saw his name having replied, that it would be one of the most pointless posts I'll read today. |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
I agree that you deserve half, but the way I see it...is the 100 dollars REALLY worth fighting with him for?? It seems petty, it's only a hundred bucks. Unless you're in dire need of it...
I would just sign the check and say good riddance once and for all to the dumb bastard. |
see that's the thing... i really do need the money, a lot more than he does. if i didn't need it, i would just ignore the situation completely.
now i'm just not sure if i should call his mortgage broker and tell her that i want half, or if i need to tell him first? i mean the e-mail he sent me was pleasant enough, i just don't want to come off as a total bitch and piss him off.
god i'm too ing nice sometimes. :( |
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| DJ RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
see that's the thing... i really do need the money, a lot more than he does. if i didn't need it, i would just ignore the situation completely.
now i'm just not sure if i should call his mortgage broker and tell her that i want half, or if i need to tell him first? i mean the e-mail he sent me was pleasant enough, i just don't want to come off as a total bitch and piss him off.
god i'm too ing nice sometimes. :( |
Call the broker.
Devin. |
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| DigitalMP |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
see that's the thing... i really do need the money, a lot more than he does. if i didn't need it, i would just ignore the situation completely.
now i'm just not sure if i should call his mortgage broker and tell her that i want half, or if i need to tell him first? i mean the e-mail he sent me was pleasant enough, i just don't want to come off as a total bitch and piss him off.
god i'm too ing nice sometimes. :( |
of course it's going to be nice, he's trying to you over again.
and no, don't contact her, because she'll already have a plan of attack to present to him while she's dropping to her knees.
break out the claws, and tell him how much nerve he has for not offering to split the money with you after the he put you through. |
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