Hi there, so my question is a legal one. My partner and his ex separated. He left her in the rental for 8 months before she eventually moved out, and he stayed with a friend. They had an argument which led to damage done to the property (both at fault) while together. She is asking that he pay her back for the bond they both lost (over a year after they split). Does he have to pay this or is it her responsibility since he moved out and left her with the house when they split? Thanks !
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Were you there or have heard her say they both caused the damage? Sounds like it was him and yes of course he should pay for the damage he caused.
He should absolutely pay her back. He accepts responsibility. She stayed in the place for 8 months he is lucky she didn’t leave him with half that bill given his name was on the lease. I mean what is half a bond in the scheme of things!
I think it would be the good thing to do. She could have made him at out his half of the lease.
Be careful. You now know he has a history of toxic relationships.
Yeah. He should man up. If be concerned if I was dating a man that didn't
So he got his half of the bond back when he left? Of course he should pay it back.
OK so I may have read it wrong. Does she want to him to pay her half of the bond back since the real estate kept it? If the damage was both of theirs she needs to cop it and he does not need to pay her anything, she can go through the bonds tribunal. If she paid him his half of the lease when he left he should pay it back to her but otherwise no.
I think he moved into her place, smashed it up then got kicked out. So no bond exchanged hands, so she wants him to cover her loss of bond. She can take him to small claims court over it.
Other way around. She moved in to his place, he left and she damaged it. She’s trying to claim half of a bond she didn’t actually pay anything towards.
In 8 months neither one of them attempted to repair the rental they both damaged?
Does he have to? Probably not.
But, actions like this speak volumes about a person. Make sure you're listening to that rather than what comes out of his mouth.
Yeh wow god you are all so negative and jump to ridiculous conclusions. Lol
Firstly they have a child together and are on good terms I get along well with her and he was going to pay her back for the bond I literally just wanted to know if he had to legally. It was his house, she came in on the lease later, he moved out and took himself off it when they split up letting her and his daughter stay in the house while moving in with a friend. He didn’t get half the bond back when he left. And she doesn’t want half she wants the whole thing. He already did the right thing leaving her with his house for their daughter.
So that's confusing then. Who actually paid for the bond?
If the damages come to more than the bond then they should go halves in the remaining balance otherwise he owes her nothing. They both lived in it she needs to take the loss too not just him.
If he paid the bond, and it was lost then no. He shouldn't pay her back.
When my ex moved out and took himself off the lease, the whole lot was signed over to me so if I lost it, that was my doing not his.
He shouldn't be giving her any money.
Then absolutely not. If anything she should be paying him the half she never paid in the first place. And if he was taken off the lease he’s not responsible for anything - he actually should have got his full bond back and she should have paid a new one when he moved out, if she didn’t it was never her bond to claim so she’s not owed anything:
When I kicked my ex out he refused his half of everything to do with vacating (I had to vacate soon after). He didnt do any cleaning, didn't do repairs for damages he did, he did nothing. He still tries to hold it over me that I "didn't do the right thing" by giving him half the bond back.
He cried foul to the next girlfriend, too and made out that he was oh so hard done by and he was innocent.
There's probably more to this story than you realise.
I'll add, RTA ruled that he wasn't entitled to crap. I was. He still cried foul.
Edit to add-
He was going to pay her back just to keep the peace but he’s struggling financially and in my opinion I just didn’t think it’s fair that he pay for it when it was paid for out of their bond? He also left because she wanted to stay in the house so he was doing her a favour at the time and also continued to pay the rent for her for a month or so after he moved out. We all get along fine and she would accept it if he didn’t give her the money, off course we want to do the right thing but I’m just trying to figure that out.