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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the OP has described it accurately, this guy had the craziest divorce settlement I've ever heard of. His wife lives in a house that he pays for and it is still under his name? If she got the house in the divorce, the title and mortgage should be in her name, and paying for it should be her problem. On the plus side, once the kids go to college, he can have her evicted since she is, in effect, a tenant. Ask her to pay more rent, and when she says no, serve her notice to pay rent or quit.[/quote]

Actually, it’s quite common for divorced parents to share ownership of the family home for reasons mentioned by PPs above.  And it’s quite common to have a divorce settlement that provides that one parent can continue living in the marital home while the other continues with name on mortgage and contributing to mortgage payment.  And, if it is as typical, that the ex-wife also has her name on the house, she is not a tenant but owner and BF will not be able to evict her.  BF could try to force the sale of the house, but ex-wife would still be due a share of equity in the house.

BTW, love the sexism in this thread and by OP - that assumes somehow ex-wife is mooching off of exH - is annoying.  When we bought our first house, I put down the entire down payment.  DH had the income to qualify but not the savings and I had the savings but not the income.  DH would have had to continue paying his half of the mortgage for 3-4 years just to equal out what I had put down in down payment, more if he had to make up for accrued equity.  DH could have never afforded to cash me out of the equity in the house and I could have never refinanced on my own due to my lower salary (see how pay inequality hurts men also?).

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