Hi,
So a long messy saga follows... 9 years ago my husband passed away & I received his full life insurance & his govsuper as a fortnightly pension.
I stupidly fell into a relationship 8 months after my husband's death & I now realise I was manipulated by this man during a time when I couldn't see clearly. It has recently(finally) ended & it was a very volatile, toxic relationship, but he keeps telling me he's entitled to half of everything.
The many stupid parts are that I bought a block of land & put his name on the deed even though I paid 100% for it with my late husband's insurance. I also have a house that I 100% paid for & is fully in my name, but it was built by my ex with me as the owner builder. I paid his tax debt & a loan as payment for building the house, which I did have a written agreement with him but that paperwork has since "disappeared". I also paid 100% for a car that is in joint names.
An excavator that is in his name but I paid 100% for. 2 motorbikes in his name that I paid 100% for. I have paid all rates, regos, insurance, utilities, food, holidays etc, not him. He did the heavy maintenance but every other job was shared. That was another written agreement that disappeared... that I covered his bills in lieu of his labour. I also have another block of land in my name only & a mortgage in my name only, where I hired him as the builder, but he has dragged the build-out for over 3 years with constantly using it as leverage against me to get his way. I have 4 children to my late husband & none to my ex. I also have a DVO against him.
He has also told me if I take this to lawyers & court, that I will be the one losing...so he offered a deal of me giving him 200grand & he will walk away. I don't have a tenth of that type of money, as its assets on my home & 2 blocks of land, plus the excavator, car & bikes.
So now that I've established my stupidity & naivety, my questions are...
Does he have a right to my property or anything in shared names, even though it was paid for 100% by me & from my husband's life insurance?
Do I have a right to the items I paid for, but fully in his name?
Can he claim any of my pension?
Can I remove his name from the vacant land?
With the half-built/unfinished house, can I claim compensation because he never finished it within a "reasonable" time frame? And because he walked away from the build regardless of the debt he has left me in? His name is still registered with Qbcc as the builder(start date approx March 2017).
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated & what path I should next take regarding my property rights.
Thank you for reading.
So a long messy saga follows... 9 years ago my husband passed away & I received his full life insurance & his govsuper as a fortnightly pension.
I stupidly fell into a relationship 8 months after my husband's death & I now realise I was manipulated by this man during a time when I couldn't see clearly. It has recently(finally) ended & it was a very volatile, toxic relationship, but he keeps telling me he's entitled to half of everything.
The many stupid parts are that I bought a block of land & put his name on the deed even though I paid 100% for it with my late husband's insurance. I also have a house that I 100% paid for & is fully in my name, but it was built by my ex with me as the owner builder. I paid his tax debt & a loan as payment for building the house, which I did have a written agreement with him but that paperwork has since "disappeared". I also paid 100% for a car that is in joint names.
An excavator that is in his name but I paid 100% for. 2 motorbikes in his name that I paid 100% for. I have paid all rates, regos, insurance, utilities, food, holidays etc, not him. He did the heavy maintenance but every other job was shared. That was another written agreement that disappeared... that I covered his bills in lieu of his labour. I also have another block of land in my name only & a mortgage in my name only, where I hired him as the builder, but he has dragged the build-out for over 3 years with constantly using it as leverage against me to get his way. I have 4 children to my late husband & none to my ex. I also have a DVO against him.
He has also told me if I take this to lawyers & court, that I will be the one losing...so he offered a deal of me giving him 200grand & he will walk away. I don't have a tenth of that type of money, as its assets on my home & 2 blocks of land, plus the excavator, car & bikes.
So now that I've established my stupidity & naivety, my questions are...
Does he have a right to my property or anything in shared names, even though it was paid for 100% by me & from my husband's life insurance?
Do I have a right to the items I paid for, but fully in his name?
Can he claim any of my pension?
Can I remove his name from the vacant land?
With the half-built/unfinished house, can I claim compensation because he never finished it within a "reasonable" time frame? And because he walked away from the build regardless of the debt he has left me in? His name is still registered with Qbcc as the builder(start date approx March 2017).
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated & what path I should next take regarding my property rights.
Thank you for reading.