family law

my friend is having trouble finding anyone to help her. She has been and lived with a guy for 17 yr in the state of ct they own a house together and have a 14yr old daughter together they have never been legely married. she is very unhappy with him, he is very abusive, mostly verbal and she has had enough and wants out. ALL she wants is him 2 buy her out of the house...half the equety but he wont. The daughter wants to stay with him. she is afraid if she leaves she want get her money. what does she do?Has there ever been a case like this that she can refer to. she has talked 2 many lawyers and none of them say they can help. what can she do? anything at all will help.she has called ,any lawyers including family law and no1 can help..ty..my e-mail address is gosoxpats23@aol.com ....ty jay petit

[annjd]

If two or more owners cannot agree on what to do with a piece of property they may petition the court and the court will order a sale or refinancing etc. so that the one or more may get out of the property obligation and/or the other(s) may keep it etc.--it is often done-- (This is true in some cases even for equitable owners that have paid various amounts etc., but for various reasons, may not be on title.) You could threaten to take this action if need be. It may cause compromise which is of course what you need here now.