Hi All,
My ex and I divorced in 2008, we had 2 houses, the family home and one bought as an investment. When we split, I got the family home, I have 2 kids, he got the investment property. No problem, the bank at the time made us sign each other's mortages, I did protest, but was told it was a paperwork exercise. He is now 20k in arrears on his house, my payments on the family home are up to date, but the bank want me to pay the arrears on his home!!! Surely they cant do this, because he is a taxi driver, he is no longer paying me any maintenace payements, I have explained all this to the bank, but they refuse to take my name of his mortage, not only that, they put forward a suggestion that they would put me on interest only payments on my house, but that the extra 500 I would normally be paying could be used to pay back his arrears. Anybody got any ideas.
My ex and I divorced in 2008, we had 2 houses, the family home and one bought as an investment. When we split, I got the family home, I have 2 kids, he got the investment property. No problem, the bank at the time made us sign each other's mortages, I did protest, but was told it was a paperwork exercise. He is now 20k in arrears on his house, my payments on the family home are up to date, but the bank want me to pay the arrears on his home!!! Surely they cant do this, because he is a taxi driver, he is no longer paying me any maintenace payements, I have explained all this to the bank, but they refuse to take my name of his mortage, not only that, they put forward a suggestion that they would put me on interest only payments on my house, but that the extra 500 I would normally be paying could be used to pay back his arrears. Anybody got any ideas.