lesbian relationship ends with affair

[cheated?]

I live in NJ and two years ago left a 10-year lesbian relationship because my significant other was having an affair...which I think went on for about 6 months before I found out about it. Anyway, she has since sold the house that we lived in together for the entire 10 years. We verbally agreed that when she sold it, I would get some $ from the sale. My name was not on the mortgage because she bought it with her previous girlfriend a year or two before I met her and moved in. We did a lot of improvements and upgrades on the house while I lived there, all of which were jointly paid for. She claims that after I left, she did so much more to that house in order to sell it that she doesn't owe me anything. What are my rights, if any, in this situation? THANKS!!

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

Originally Posted by cheated?

I live in NJ and two years ago left a 10-year lesbian relationship because my significant other was having an affair...which I think went on for about 6 months before I found out about it. Anyway, she has since sold the house that we lived in together for the entire 10 years. We verbally agreed that when she sold it, I would get some $ from the sale. My name was not on the mortgage because she bought it with her previous girlfriend a year or two before I met her and moved in. We did a lot of improvements and upgrades on the house while I lived there, all of which were jointly paid for. She claims that after I left, she did so much more to that house in order to sell it that she doesn't owe me anything. What are my rights, if any, in this situation? THANKS!!

My response:

Plain and simple - - you have no rights. You weren't married, and nothing was in writing. Verbal promises concerning real estate have no effect under the law. Put another way, you were merely a renter and had benefit of the house for 10 years. That's it. It's over.

IAAL