Hello,
Our council Tenancy was solely in my ex husband's name, when we split up the end of last year we informed the council & asked them if it was possible to get the tenancy transferred across to me. They advised that we would need to get divorced & I'd have to get a property adjustment order & the judge would grant this.
Our divorce was all finalised 2 months ago & I received the order all fine. I informed the council, the housing officer has told me that the judge should have contacted them first to approve this as they have an interest in the property & might not have approved this. I asked why they wouldn't as we have always been very good tenants. I work full time & the rent & council tax has always been paid on time from my bank account. She couldn't give me any reason.
She said she would need to speak to the judge as she wasn't sure why we'd gone through a divorce in a different county, that it was very strange. I explained it was an online divorce company that's probably why... I'm not sure why that would be an issue as long as it's in the UK...
She said that she'd need to speak to my ex husband to make sure he agreed to it. I'd sent her all the order agreement which he signed. I gave her his phone number & email for her to contact him & she hasn't...
I've been ringing her & emailing but she never gets back to me. Just wondering if I have anything to worry about here or anyone has been through a transfer of tenancy & it's been done differently?
Thanks in advance for your help.