Property with father of my son, now ex

[Gemmaloujesseb]

Hello, i am writing in here in hope to find someone who has been through something similar. My ex and I bought a house together (i paid the deposit) and he left after a year, i have paid for it since he left but i didnt take him off the mortgage, i was young and clueless, hes now after half of the profit, i am desperate to sell the house so i can move but he wont let me unless i give him half of the profit, there isnt a huge amount left anyway. now he says hes taking me to court but that was in early dec, ive heard nothing since and i just feel like hes controlling me here and not letting me sell. does anyone know how long it takes to take someone court?

Were you married? If yes, technically it’s marital assets, you might have to prove that he’s paid nothing, how long it’s been.
If no, whose name is on the deeds?

Mine did this in much the same circumstances. Fortunately I had had a deed of trust drawn up for the deposit. But I had to buy him out of half the equity even though he hadn’t contributed just to get rid of him. I remortgaged and had to extend my mortgage term by 5 years to do it. So glad I did now though, house is mine and he can’t use that to control us anymore. He pissed his equity up the wall, literally nothing to show for it, disgusting because ultimately he took that from his kids.

You will need legal advice, maybe Citizens Advice can help.
You will need to prove you paid the deposit and all of the mortgage after the initial 12 months. He won't take it to court as he knows he won't get 50% of the profit. You could offer him 50% minus the deposit and his half of the mortgage payments.

If you are joint owners I suspect that in law he owns half what the house is now worth, unless you have your deposit legally protected? However, I would work out something more or less fair, like deduct your deposit, work out the increase in equity from purchase till he left and halve this.
How has he been financially since he left? Has been paid any support for your DC?