ST advice needed for a supporting character on the Fuzzy show.
Posted by
Fuzzy (aka mrfuzzy)
Jul 30 '10, 12:34
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I have a couple of friends whom I have known for about 6 years. A year or two before I met them, they bought a house together. They are not romantically involved with each other or anyone else to my knowledge. They are both on the deed and the mortgage and they split the household bills. I am a much closer friend with her (�S�) than with him (�B�) so the vast majority of this story is from her perspective.
About a year and a half ago, �B� quit his job. He has not worked since then and over that time he has become more and more reclusive. He has apparently been living off of cash advances on his credit cards, some money from his parents, and his retirement savings. Around Christmas he was tapped out and told �S� he was going to have to leave. A few days later he said he had some money (presumably from his parents) and could pay for another couple of months. In April he stopped talking to her. For the last 3 months she has not seen him. She knows that he is home; but he has remained locked away in his bedroom any time she is home. To her knowledge, he never leaves the house.
Last night, she came home to find his bedroom door open, his bed stripped, PC gone, closet empty. His phone and keys are on his dresser, his car is in the driveway, but he and a lot of his stuff are gone. So now she is stuck with the mortgage and bills. She has no idea where he has gone. His parents live about 2 hours away, so it is unlikely that they came to get him. �S� called his mom and his mom claimed that she doesn�t know where he is, but �S� says it was clear that she was lying.
What suggestions would you offer, especially from the legal end of things? Their friendship has been over for quite some time, so it was really just a roommate situation for the last few months. But the fact that they are both on the deed and mortgage makes this a messy separation.
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