Stewing888
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Can anyone shed light on a particularly difficult marriage and asset division I am facing?
I was courting my wife for about 2 years before we got married in Jan this year without any pre nup. I did convert in order to legalise the marriage and hold a 1yr KITAS.
Abour a month prior to the marriage I fully paid for a property, that I renovated and turned into rental units. I can proove that the financing came from overseas directly to her account to facilitate the purchase.
My wife's daughter's name was used as a "front" for the purchase because of potential mortgage restrictions (length of a mortgage would be 5 years max) that would have been placed on me or my wife for a mortgage loan. Unfortunately we never got to the refinancing stage.
The marriage has now deteriorated in the last 3 months, as i suspected and discovered she has lied about income and expenses on the current building, essentially stealing from US. While demanding that I pay for another purchase of property that would again be turned into a rental unit.
An argument ensued and she has left the home as I stood my ground, asking for any legal recognition of my rights and her to acknowledge that I purchased the property.
She now wants to take the rental property and intends to unilaterally file for a divorce, despite the fact that I approached her about reconciliation, which has been flatly ignored.
To my wife it is an asset grab, and she thinks I will back down from seeking any recognition for my purchase.
I have consulted a couple of lawyers, but they seem more interested in easier divorce cases, without such intricacies.
Currently I am being isolated by all of "our" friends and am essentially alone, here fighting a hateful and spiteful wife.
Looking for any strategies to be able to sell the property (if it can be sold), or retain the income rights.
In the interim period that she has left home. I have revised the management of the rental units and managed to stop the bleeding while being able to collect some of the income. Neither of us are working, and the passive income from rental apartments was supposed to finance our future.
I would greatly appreciate any insight and strategies on dealing with this predicament.
I was courting my wife for about 2 years before we got married in Jan this year without any pre nup. I did convert in order to legalise the marriage and hold a 1yr KITAS.
Abour a month prior to the marriage I fully paid for a property, that I renovated and turned into rental units. I can proove that the financing came from overseas directly to her account to facilitate the purchase.
My wife's daughter's name was used as a "front" for the purchase because of potential mortgage restrictions (length of a mortgage would be 5 years max) that would have been placed on me or my wife for a mortgage loan. Unfortunately we never got to the refinancing stage.
The marriage has now deteriorated in the last 3 months, as i suspected and discovered she has lied about income and expenses on the current building, essentially stealing from US. While demanding that I pay for another purchase of property that would again be turned into a rental unit.
An argument ensued and she has left the home as I stood my ground, asking for any legal recognition of my rights and her to acknowledge that I purchased the property.
She now wants to take the rental property and intends to unilaterally file for a divorce, despite the fact that I approached her about reconciliation, which has been flatly ignored.
To my wife it is an asset grab, and she thinks I will back down from seeking any recognition for my purchase.
I have consulted a couple of lawyers, but they seem more interested in easier divorce cases, without such intricacies.
Currently I am being isolated by all of "our" friends and am essentially alone, here fighting a hateful and spiteful wife.
Looking for any strategies to be able to sell the property (if it can be sold), or retain the income rights.
In the interim period that she has left home. I have revised the management of the rental units and managed to stop the bleeding while being able to collect some of the income. Neither of us are working, and the passive income from rental apartments was supposed to finance our future.
I would greatly appreciate any insight and strategies on dealing with this predicament.