My mom bought a house with her boyfriend at the time and he paid for nothing. The money all came from my mom. He says he

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Good afternoon – sorry to hear about your situation. To clarify, is your mom and the boyfriend both on title to the property?

Does she want to sell the property?

She can bring a legal claim and ask the court to be reimbursed for every dollar she put into the home. It’s a legal remedy called “unjust enrichment” where it would be unfair for him to benefit from retaining any equity in the home when he put nothing into it. She needs to retain a lawyer as soon as possible.

If she's on title, she should not consent to any transfer of title to the new owners. If she's not on title, then she needs to go back to court and bring a motion for breach of order.

Is she on title for the vehicles?

Whose name(s) are the vehicles in? Hers? His? Or both?

In that case he can sell them. But it sounds like he was ordered not to sell anything so he would be in breach of that court order.

Geez, what a nightmare. The good thing is that she’s being represented. Her lawyer will be able to address the car issue and, most importantly, the house issue.

This is a process and it will take some time to sort out.

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