My former partner and I were together for over 10 years we have two children we bought two houses while we were together and we are not able to find agreement as to who is entitled to what. The first house that was purchased the down payment came from the sale of the house that she owned before we met however during our relationship I contributed to the monthly expenses which obviously included mortgage payments. At the time my credit wasn't very good so she got the loan by herself and my name's not on the deed nor is it on the title when my credit was good enough and we refinanced I asked to be put on the loan and she claimed that her mortgage broker advised her to keep it the same to eliminate more paperwork. First question is am I entitled to any portion of the equity of this home although my name is not anywhere on the deed or the title. We did buy a house together both of our names are on the deed and on the loan the down payment was $60,000 which was came from a gift from my parents to me. That was just 4 years ago she contributed about $15,000 towards the down payment and some move-in cost furniture etc. Regardless of where the $60,000 came from I would assume that she's entitled to half of that house which is what she's claiming she's going to take and she's entitled to 100% of the other house is what she's claiming she's going to take leaving me with about $100,000 out of 1.7 million worth of real estate. And my entitled to anything with the first house what is she entitled to with the second house and where should I start with attorneys or legal representation so that I can get this cleared up we've been apart now for over 3 years however we did try and reconcile two years ago a year and a half ago actually. Any insight would be greatly appreciated