Divorced and given the house-now the EX wants her name off the loan

[ryker77]

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[stealth2]

Here's the way it works. When the house is awarded to one of you, the other is generally required to sign a quit-claim deed to get their name off the title. BUT, that's generally done in conjunction with refinancing. It's a bit cheesy to keep a party responsible for the loan yet have no stake in the ownership.

The court (and not just a backwoods court, but ANY court in ANY state) can force you to either refi or sell the place in a reasonable amount of time. If it's not selling - you may have to lower the price.

The court (and not just a backwoods court, but ANY court in ANY state) can force you to either refi or sell the place in a reasonable amount of time. If it's not selling - you may have to lower the price."

**Stealth, would this be in the divorce paperwork or involve new court proceedings?

If the court order doesn't address refinancing the loan and she has signed the deed over to you, then tell her to PISS OFF!

SHE can file for a modification of the order but until that happens, the order stands as written.

If that is a true and accurate statement of what is in your divorce decree then I will repeat myself ONE time.

Tell her to PISS OFF!

If she never signed the deed then Partition her ass and get out from under the house.

If the court order doesn't address refinancing the loan and she has signed the deed over to you, then tell her to PISS OFF!

SHE can file for a modification of the order but until that happens, the order stands as written."

**I thought so