Child support and lien on home

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Tamatha171

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My brother is going thru a child custody battle with ex- girlfriend who is out to get everything, knowing my father left us both $ and half of a house, my mom is leaving the other half to us. My brother does not work and lives with my mom and my question is when the time comes and the home is half his and half mine can they go after my brother and put a lien on the home for what he owes to her lawyer and for child support ?
 
First of all, does your brother have an attorney? He needs one it sounds like. Why doesnt he work? Him not having a source of income is not going to help in his custody battle. He should get employed so the ex cannot say he is jobless.

Nobody can go after your brother for CS or liens unless he falls behind on court ordered CS and you cannot file a lien unless you get a judgement.

I do not know what he is being told but it seems to me he should try to work something out with the ex girlfriend. The kids always lose in a custody battle.
 
They know he has money

My dad left him and i money the ex knows this they have gone to court and he ended up having to pay her lawyers fees 20,000 + and still hasnt been able to see his child because she claims she scared to death and doesnt feel the child is safe yet so he was ordered to go to anger mgnt classes and also pay 90.00 a week to see a mediater of some sort way up where she lives they havent even begun to order him to pay child support yet. They know he has the money he even asked his lawyer which is one of 3 in the exes small town if he could just give her a substantle amount and he was told that they dont want that they are going for whatever they can get, I had been trying to get him to sign his portion of the home over to me, but my brother informed me that his lawyer said it wasnt a good idea because it would look like he was trying to make it so they cant get anything. And by no means theres no talking to the ex girlfriend she smelled money from the get and its just been all bad from there on. I tried to tell him to please get another lawyer this guy is just rolling with it and not getting in there and doing anything to benifit my brother but its just so much i could write a tv drama series ! Thankyou for the input im not out to take anything from my brother i just dont want to see a home my mom worked her butt off for be caught up in all this and him end up with nothing in the end. Do you think he should have signed his half over to me?
 
Normally a house does not affect CS income. It an asset and honestly it shouldnt matter. It sounds like your brother has a half ass attorney and he needs to get a more aggressive attorney. Why in the world was he forced to pay this womans legal fees, unless he is being uncooperative and refusing to settle. It sounds like she is being uncooperative so with that, your brothers attorney should try to get her to settle.

Sorry he is going through this but it sounds like your brother needs to get better counsel.
 
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