<div dir="ltr">Listserv, <div><br></div><div>Client was an unmarried male in a relationship with an unmarried female when they bought a house together (single family residence, in city limits). They executed a real estate contract  together regarding the house. If the relationship broke up in the first two years, the female party would pay X amount of equity accrued during the applicable two year period to the male, as part of the pay out for them to either acquire separate residences or her to preserve the residence, as her family provided the bulk of the money to purchase said residence. It would be pretty difficult to dispute the contract's existence in litigation - formalities were followed.</div><div><br></div><div> Sure enough, they broke up and now it's a VERY messy break up. I am trying to negotiate a truce between the parties. However, that's increasingly likely not happening.</div><div><br></div><div>I recommend a partition action brought by my client and pursue remedies alloted by the contract (difficult in and of itself to dispute). Both clients have ample resources and it's hard to negotiate a truce, so to speak. </div><div><br></div><div>I really would appreciate our braintrust's comments on this matter...<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-size:16px"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(23,54,93)">TOM LEE<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:16px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(23,54,93)">Attorney</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(23,54,93)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:16px"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(54,95,145)">R. THOMAS LEE, PLLC</span></b><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,51,102)"> </span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,51,102)">| Attorney and Counselor at Law | A Professional Limited Liability Company</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(102,102,51)"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#003366" face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><span>Direct: 425-219-6736</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:16px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-style:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,51,102)">rtl@rtleelaw.attorney <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">| website: www.rtleelaw.attorney </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,51,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">This E-Mail message and any
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