OT: Divorce question in regards to home ownership

[UCGal]

California is community property, community debt.
Assuming the condo was purchased while they were married, it doesn’t matter who the breadwinner was. Same with the downpayment – it co-mingled as soon as it was put into the jointly owned property.

I also take offense at the idea that the wife wasn’t working. Being a full-time SAHP is the hardest job. She may not have been being paid, but she was working.

Friends who were in a similar situation came to a deal – the agreed that she kept the house – negative equity and all – but was responsible for payments going forward. He got an equivilent debt from credit cards. They split the debt.

All of this is separate from child support – that has nothing to do with the condo or who keeps it. Non-custodial parent pays child support – period.

[svelte]

Not that it is the right way to go (never had a divorce, so I have no comment on what to do), but you may have dismissed renting out the condo too fast.

My recollection is that mortgages stipulate you can’t rent it out right after you get the mortgage but that stipulation expires.

I can’t remember if mine said 1 yr, 2 yrs, or 5 yrs from when the mortgage started, but there was a point where we could choose to rent our home out.

[svelte]

Not that it is the right way to go (never had a divorce, so I have no comment on what to do), but you may have dismissed renting out the condo too fast.

My recollection is that mortgages stipulate you can’t rent it out right after you get the mortgage but that stipulation expires.

I can’t remember if mine said 1 yr, 2 yrs, or 5 yrs from when the mortgage started, but there was a point where we could choose to rent our home out.

[svelte]

Not that it is the right way to go (never had a divorce, so I have no comment on what to do), but you may have dismissed renting out the condo too fast.

My recollection is that mortgages stipulate you can’t rent it out right after you get the mortgage but that stipulation expires.

I can’t remember if mine said 1 yr, 2 yrs, or 5 yrs from when the mortgage started, but there was a point where we could choose to rent our home out.

[svelte]

Not that it is the right way to go (never had a divorce, so I have no comment on what to do), but you may have dismissed renting out the condo too fast.

My recollection is that mortgages stipulate you can’t rent it out right after you get the mortgage but that stipulation expires.

I can’t remember if mine said 1 yr, 2 yrs, or 5 yrs from when the mortgage started, but there was a point where we could choose to rent our home out.

[svelte]

Not that it is the right way to go (never had a divorce, so I have no comment on what to do), but you may have dismissed renting out the condo too fast.

My recollection is that mortgages stipulate you can’t rent it out right after you get the mortgage but that stipulation expires.

I can’t remember if mine said 1 yr, 2 yrs, or 5 yrs from when the mortgage started, but there was a point where we could choose to rent our home out.

[patientlywaiting]

I know that I’ll be called sexist but I’ll take that risk. It’s usually the wife who wants children. The husband just agrees.

That’s why the wife who controls the baby making needs to think about it real hard until she is sure that her guy will stick around and provide for the family.

Having children is no way to insure that a man will stick around. Emotional women think that having children will create ties that bind/obligate forever but that is not the case anymore.

Cheating is not even an issue and should not play a part in the division of assets. There is no law against cheating and nothing said the wife should get more assets because of infidelity. The wife may feel that way, but it’s not the law.

If the husband was physically abusive then file charges.

It doesn’t look like your friend’s family has a lot of money to divide.

Tell him to get it over with so he can start a new life.

Let the court divide the assets/liabilities. The judge will look at the husband’s salary and decide how to split it.

There’s only so much money, so the husband will be given enough to survive on so he can continue to earn money. And the wife will be required to get a job. Simple as that.

Now if the husband wants to play hardball, then he can quit his job, then everyone is up the creek.

I’m a man, so you’ll understand my standing up for my “brothers”. 😉

[patientlywaiting]

I know that I’ll be called sexist but I’ll take that risk. It’s usually the wife who wants children. The husband just agrees.

That’s why the wife who controls the baby making needs to think about it real hard until she is sure that her guy will stick around and provide for the family.

Having children is no way to insure that a man will stick around. Emotional women think that having children will create ties that bind/obligate forever but that is not the case anymore.

Cheating is not even an issue and should not play a part in the division of assets. There is no law against cheating and nothing said the wife should get more assets because of infidelity. The wife may feel that way, but it’s not the law.

If the husband was physically abusive then file charges.

It doesn’t look like your friend’s family has a lot of money to divide.

Tell him to get it over with so he can start a new life.

Let the court divide the assets/liabilities. The judge will look at the husband’s salary and decide how to split it.

There’s only so much money, so the husband will be given enough to survive on so he can continue to earn money. And the wife will be required to get a job. Simple as that.

Now if the husband wants to play hardball, then he can quit his job, then everyone is up the creek.

I’m a man, so you’ll understand my standing up for my “brothers”. 😉

[patientlywaiting]

I know that I’ll be called sexist but I’ll take that risk. It’s usually the wife who wants children. The husband just agrees.

That’s why the wife who controls the baby making needs to think about it real hard until she is sure that her guy will stick around and provide for the family.

Having children is no way to insure that a man will stick around. Emotional women think that having children will create ties that bind/obligate forever but that is not the case anymore.

Cheating is not even an issue and should not play a part in the division of assets. There is no law against cheating and nothing said the wife should get more assets because of infidelity. The wife may feel that way, but it’s not the law.

If the husband was physically abusive then file charges.

It doesn’t look like your friend’s family has a lot of money to divide.

Tell him to get it over with so he can start a new life.

Let the court divide the assets/liabilities. The judge will look at the husband’s salary and decide how to split it.

There’s only so much money, so the husband will be given enough to survive on so he can continue to earn money. And the wife will be required to get a job. Simple as that.

Now if the husband wants to play hardball, then he can quit his job, then everyone is up the creek.

I’m a man, so you’ll understand my standing up for my “brothers”. 😉

[patientlywaiting]

I know that I’ll be called sexist but I’ll take that risk. It’s usually the wife who wants children. The husband just agrees.

That’s why the wife who controls the baby making needs to think about it real hard until she is sure that her guy will stick around and provide for the family.

Having children is no way to insure that a man will stick around. Emotional women think that having children will create ties that bind/obligate forever but that is not the case anymore.

Cheating is not even an issue and should not play a part in the division of assets. There is no law against cheating and nothing said the wife should get more assets because of infidelity. The wife may feel that way, but it’s not the law.

If the husband was physically abusive then file charges.

It doesn’t look like your friend’s family has a lot of money to divide.

Tell him to get it over with so he can start a new life.

Let the court divide the assets/liabilities. The judge will look at the husband’s salary and decide how to split it.

There’s only so much money, so the husband will be given enough to survive on so he can continue to earn money. And the wife will be required to get a job. Simple as that.

Now if the husband wants to play hardball, then he can quit his job, then everyone is up the creek.

I’m a man, so you’ll understand my standing up for my “brothers”. 😉

[patientlywaiting]

I know that I’ll be called sexist but I’ll take that risk. It’s usually the wife who wants children. The husband just agrees.

That’s why the wife who controls the baby making needs to think about it real hard until she is sure that her guy will stick around and provide for the family.

Having children is no way to insure that a man will stick around. Emotional women think that having children will create ties that bind/obligate forever but that is not the case anymore.

Cheating is not even an issue and should not play a part in the division of assets. There is no law against cheating and nothing said the wife should get more assets because of infidelity. The wife may feel that way, but it’s not the law.

If the husband was physically abusive then file charges.

It doesn’t look like your friend’s family has a lot of money to divide.

Tell him to get it over with so he can start a new life.

Let the court divide the assets/liabilities. The judge will look at the husband’s salary and decide how to split it.

There’s only so much money, so the husband will be given enough to survive on so he can continue to earn money. And the wife will be required to get a job. Simple as that.

Now if the husband wants to play hardball, then he can quit his job, then everyone is up the creek.

I’m a man, so you’ll understand my standing up for my “brothers”. 😉

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It’s pretty obvious which “men” on this board are actually men and which are jaded children who obviously have never met a good woman.

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It’s pretty obvious which “men” on this board are actually men and which are jaded children who obviously have never met a good woman.

[CBad]

It’s pretty obvious which “men” on this board are actually men and which are jaded children who obviously have never met a good woman.

[CBad]

It’s pretty obvious which “men” on this board are actually men and which are jaded children who obviously have never met a good woman.

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