I have a squatter!!!

[motorcyclemom]

I reside in Maryland

What steps can one take to remove a spouse from a residence when they do not want to leave; they have their own residence in another city but choose not to move.

We have been married for 9 years and the spouse resides at my residence that I aquired before I got married.

Please help, I have a SQUATTER ON MY HANDS!!!!!!!!!

 

[Proserpina]

I reside in Maryland

What steps can one take to remove a spouse from a residence when they do not want to leave; they have their own residence in another city but choose not to move.

We have been married for 9 years and the spouse resides at my residence that I aquired before I got married.

Please help, I have a SQUATTER ON MY HANDS!!!!!!!!!

Was/is this ever the marital home?

No matter what, you'll likely have to go through the legal eviction process.

 

[LdiJ]

I reside in Maryland

What steps can one take to remove a spouse from a residence when they do not want to leave; they have their own residence in another city but choose not to move.

We have been married for 9 years and the spouse resides at my residence that I aquired before I got married.

Please help, I have a SQUATTER ON MY HANDS!!!!!!!!!

You don't have a squatter on your hands you have a spouse on your hands. In order to get rid of him, you are probably going to have to file for divorce and exclusive use of the marital home.

 

[wrongsometimes]

You don't have a squatter on your hands you have a spouse on your hands. In order to get rid of him, you are probably going to have to file for divorce and exclusive use of the marital home.

Could be a "her" ... sounds like a perfect union.

Why not move to the other house?

 

[not2cleverRed]

Please keep things together in the same thread - there was no need to start a new one.

(1) Yes, it's your property if it was purchased exclusively with premarital assets. If you have added your spouse to the title in order to qualify for a home equity loan, or have remortgaged the house in both of your names, this muddies the waters. For example. There are other things which can also make it not so cut and dry, after 9 years of marriage.

(2) During a marriage, a spouse is not equivalent to a squatter. You have to file for divorce and start hammering things out to see how things go in the dissolution of your marriage. See LiDJ's post.