What is the name of your state? Texas
I purchase a house with my ex-wife. We were not married at the time and decided to try and work things out. The divorce had been final for 3 years prior to the purchase of the home.
We broke up and she moved out. I paid the down payment and have paid every monthly mortgage payment since we bought the house. She made no improvements and made no payments.
I wish to put in a swimming pool and have been approved for a loan. Before I can close on the loan, I need to remove her from the deed. Initially she asked me for money for her interest, even though she never paid a dime towards the home. Currently there is likely to be no equity in the home, so the value of her half would be zero anyway (as it's torn up and under construction). I have made improvements to the house since she left, to the tune of about $10,000. She paid for none of this. After some heated discussion, she e-mailed me and said that she didn't want any money and just wanted to get her name off the deed and be done with me (thank God). "Consideration" on my part was money paid for her car and cell phone after we broke up, as she acknowledged in her latest e-mail. I agreed and had a lawyer here draft a general warranty deed.
She agreed to come sign it today, but then "changed her mind" and had me fax it to a number that "was closer to where she works". BS. It was an attorney's office, as I later found out. I have no idea if her attorney is reviewing it, planning a lawsuit of some sort, plotting my demise, or just stalling to piss me off. I suspect the latter.
What can I do to speed up the process? What is my exposure to some sort of suit? Can I forcibly remove her from the tenancy?
My gut tells me she can take as long as she wants letting her attorney "review" the two page warranty deed just to make my life miserable and that there is nothing I can do about this. This will cause me to have to reapply for a pool loan at a later date, delay construction of the pool, etc., as she will not sign any papers whatsoever relating to the pool (which is good, I don't want her owning half of it, either, I suppose).
I purchase a house with my ex-wife. We were not married at the time and decided to try and work things out. The divorce had been final for 3 years prior to the purchase of the home.
We broke up and she moved out. I paid the down payment and have paid every monthly mortgage payment since we bought the house. She made no improvements and made no payments.
I wish to put in a swimming pool and have been approved for a loan. Before I can close on the loan, I need to remove her from the deed. Initially she asked me for money for her interest, even though she never paid a dime towards the home. Currently there is likely to be no equity in the home, so the value of her half would be zero anyway (as it's torn up and under construction). I have made improvements to the house since she left, to the tune of about $10,000. She paid for none of this. After some heated discussion, she e-mailed me and said that she didn't want any money and just wanted to get her name off the deed and be done with me (thank God). "Consideration" on my part was money paid for her car and cell phone after we broke up, as she acknowledged in her latest e-mail. I agreed and had a lawyer here draft a general warranty deed.
She agreed to come sign it today, but then "changed her mind" and had me fax it to a number that "was closer to where she works". BS. It was an attorney's office, as I later found out. I have no idea if her attorney is reviewing it, planning a lawsuit of some sort, plotting my demise, or just stalling to piss me off. I suspect the latter.
What can I do to speed up the process? What is my exposure to some sort of suit? Can I forcibly remove her from the tenancy?
My gut tells me she can take as long as she wants letting her attorney "review" the two page warranty deed just to make my life miserable and that there is nothing I can do about this. This will cause me to have to reapply for a pool loan at a later date, delay construction of the pool, etc., as she will not sign any papers whatsoever relating to the pool (which is good, I don't want her owning half of it, either, I suppose).