Thanks Karensun, your the only person who replied, I am sorry to hear about your problems... Men seem to be at the bottom of most of womens problems dont they?
This guy got his girlfriend to come to see me and stated that if I refused to sign then I would be taken to Lanzarote Prison for obtaining money under false pretenses. The fact that he had already smashed my car up was not good enough. He says he knows the commission of police in Antigua, so it would be easy to get me arrested and sent to prison!!!!
In the end I went to see a solicitor, even though I could not afford one. He told me that what they were saying was totally untrue, and I should report it to the police (its called a denuncia here). He said it had nothing to do with me, and their solicitor could be struct off if he was indeed threatening to do this to me. He's going to have a word with him and if he did give this advice, my solicitor is going to report him to the bar. He's in the opinion that they are trying to scare me into signing as they know I own the house and my husband has no money at all.
The good news is that my solicitor was so taken aback by the injustice of it all, hes not charging me for these services, unless it goes to court that is.
As for the money, my solicitor is obtaining the services of an independant architect to give a value of the work my husband completed... We already know the value will exceed 80,000 euros if not 100,000 euros, so this guy got a fantastic deal for 25K then...
If it goes to court we are in an excellent position to win, although it will cost us over 1000 euros to do so. Seemingly in spanish law, if my husband runs up debts, he can be liable upto his share in the home, which in spanish law is 50%, BUT because we had a prenuptial agreement that he renounced any legal rights to the property (as I had sold my home in the UK to buy it and he did not finance it), then he has no legal rights over the house at all, and therefore no debt can be put on it.
This guy still sends text messages saying I'm being silly and will end up in prison and wants to come to an amicable agreement now, but these are now being sent to my husband, as he knows I'll just report at once to my solicitor and my husband just ignores it.
Its not over yet, it could still get very nasty as this man is very violent. I just want to sell my home now and move away.. Which is a shame as I live in a lovely village and the spanish are wonderful, but its a tiny village and is too near to this man... I am worried what he will do, I have installed recorded CCTV and I take and collect my son to school. Theres no telling what this man will do, he has been guilty of really bad things in this village, so thats why I need to get away ASAP. No matter how many times he is denounced, he never seems to get arrested, perhaps the fact he's friends of the Commission of Police now explains it.
thanks again, I will let you know how it turns out
This message was last edited by weyiman on 11/10/2008.