My H is a WAS and left the marriage because he wanted to be "independent and on his own."

Ok so I met with my H this week to talk about finances. He agreed to pay his half of the mortgage and the household bills. Success right??? Wrong. He sent me an email later this week with this statement:


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[*]Finally, I'm not clear I'm paying half of your bills starting in January. I know I should cover my half of the mortgage and will do that but not sure on the rest. I'm not asking you to cover any of my expenses and whoever has the house could rent a room out to help pay for things so that's your decision I think if you want to stay there. If you want to talk about this more I'm game otherwise maybe we need to start moving on the divorce process. I should be able to talk to someone tomorrow at the free legal aide center, just waiting for them to get back to me.


What do I do with this? Is he legally responsible for paying half the bills? Not sure I can afford all of it on my salary.

Also I bought new locks for the door to change the locks on the house. I am feeling the need to protect everything he left behind. Thoughts???? Should I change them or not??


M - 41
WAH - 41
D - 20
M-21 years
T-24 years
Separated - Nov 6, 2009