My mother and ex-stepfather have been divorved for about 3 years, but the financial settlement is still not finalised as the house is not sold. My ex-stf deliberately scuppered 2 sales early on in the process out of spite (we have this in writing from the estate agent).
My mother lives in the house and he bought a new property some distance away from her.
The house has now been on the market for nearly 4 years and my ex-stf wants it sold. He has been getting his solicitor to bombard my mother with demands that the price be dropped, below the level of both previous offers. She agreed to this about a month ago. However, now she is receiving letters that he wants to put it up for auction.
She's not a young woman and has health problems. He bullied her throughout their marriage and is continuing to do so. I think he enjoys wielding whatever power he has left. Throught the divorce, every time she has agreed to something, he changes his mind and wants something else.
My mum does not have a solicitor at present as the bills were racking up, but we have one on standby. Can his actions be classed as harrassment? He hasn't given it very long for the price to be dropped.
I just want him to stop, as of course does my mum. She wants to sell the house and move on, but the market isn't great where they live in the UK and she needs to have enough to buy somewhere new to live. I appreciate he wants his money now, but he could have had it long ago if it was that important. Any thoughts?
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Whocansay · 05/12/2012 09:02
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