He Modified Quit Claim, Is it legal?

What is the name of your state? missouri
i sent my former boyfriend and co-owner of the house that I reside in a quit claim in april. he finally sent it back one week ago. the request was for me to pay him $10.00 to quit claim the house to me. he signed the quit claim and hand wrote one thousand dollars in the space above where the$10.00 was. is this legal? i have made the entire payments for the last 19 months without his help and to the tune of over $26,000.00 and i really don't want to pay him any more than $10.00. he still owes me for other payments that were court ordered that he has not fulfilled yet. what can i do? i don't want to file the quit claim if it will mean i have to pay the thousand.

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Originally posted by CBMO2002
What is the name of your state? missouri
i sent my former boyfriend and co-owner of the house that I reside in a quit claim in april. he finally sent it back one week ago. the request was for me to pay him $10.00 to quit claim the house to me. he signed the quit claim and hand wrote one thousand dollars in the space above where the$10.00 was. is this legal? i have made the entire payments for the last 19 months without his help and to the tune of over $26,000.00 and i really don't want to pay him any more than $10.00. he still owes me for other payments that were court ordered that he has not fulfilled yet. what can i do? i don't want to file the quit claim if it will mean i have to pay the thousand.

**A: yes, it is legal as long as both he and the notary public initialed the handwritten statement.
Do not record this deed.
You need to talk to your attorney.

he was the only one who has signed it. there are no initials by the hand wrote amount. i have not taken it to a notary yet.

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Originally posted by CBMO2002
he was the only one who has signed it. there are no initials by the hand wrote amount. i have not taken it to a notary yet.

**A: then what you have is a worthless piece of paper.
If the deed was drafted by an attorney or is an otherwise legal and recordable instrument, the Grantor must execute the deed in front of a notary public. The notary must witness the signing and make an attestment.

my attorney said nothing to the effect that it needed to be signed by both of us in front of a notary. i have a court ordered no contact order against him. he had sent it back to her office and she forwarded the signed quit claim on to me with no explanation. i probably should look for another attorney.

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Originally posted by CBMO2002
my attorney said nothing to the effect that it needed to be signed by both of us in front of a notary.

**A: if both of you need to sign the deed, your signatures need to be notarized. You are not required to both be present together and sign at the same time.
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i have a court ordered no contact order against him. he had sent it back to her office and she forwarded the signed quit claim on to me with no explanation. i probably should look for another attorney.

**A: then call her and ask for an explanation and also ask her all the questions you may have concerning this matter.