Should I allow my wife`s familly to stay at our house while they are visiting from a different country?
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Should I allow my wife`s familly to stay at our house while they are visiting from a different country?
I was born Hungary but I am recently living in FL with my wife and my son. We own the house 50-50%, but most of the time I pay the mortgage by myself (I can prove it with the bank statements). I do want them to stay here at all. When they are coming to my house they want to change my life and they want to tell me how to live.
Asked on August 21, 2011 Florida
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
When you say that you own the house 50/50 with whom do you mean? Do you mean with your wife - which is what I thought on first reading - or with your wife's family? If your wife's family also owns the house then they have every right to enter and stay. The fact that you are paying the mortgage most of the time is secondary to ownership. That is a money issue between you, them and the mortgage lender. I can certainly understand the stress of your in laws being in the house and trying to run your life. But if they own the place you can not really exclude them. Maybe try and work linger hours for the time that they are there and save enough to buy them out. Good luck.
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