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I have been married for 10 years to my husband and we have 6 kids together. I also have a step-daughter who lives with us full-time. Our relationship has been rocky for a couple years and my husband has basically said that he wants me out within the next 3 months. Then recently I found out that he’s been talking to an ex-girlfriend who he hasn’t been with for 20 years. For the last 2 weeks he’s telling her that he wants her to move in as soon as I move out. Can he legally do that? He does not even know this woman and I really do not want him to have visitation rights at our home with our kids if she’s living here, especially not right away since no one really knows her. She has a man and the only way she’d be able to afford to leave him is to move right in here. I know I have the right to stay in this house until the divorce is final but I don’t feel comfortable being here knowing that he would rather have her here.
Asked on March 4, 2018 under Family Law, Michigan
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Yes, you are right that he cannot force you out until and unless it is decided during the divorce that you will leave (for example, that he will get the home). However, he can move his girlfriend in to live with you: any property owner, married or not, can let any other person move into the property or live with them. If she is threat to your children or you in some way and this can be demonstrated (e.g. she has made threats; is a drug user; has a history of violence), you may be able to get a protective order from family court barring her; but otherwise, even though he cannot force you out, he can allow her in.
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