taking out the old "trash"

tennessee..........when my husband divorced his ex-wife, he made her sign a quick claim deed. the house is now in his name. but when we try to get her name off of the bank papers....they tell us that we cannot do that. they tell us that it was a contract between my husband and his then wife and the bank... and that cannot be broken..... it states in the divorce creed....that the husband is solely responsible for the note still left on the house. but.. how can we go about getting her name off of the loan papers without re-financing it? we would rather not do that...because we only like 5 years having it paid off.
i understand that this is a contract....but so was their marriage...and it was broken......now how come we cannot get her name off of the papers at the bank!!! please anyone help....the bank keeps giving us the run around!!!!!! help me take out the old "trash"!!!

The only option to remove the name from the loan note is to refinance the loan.

Yep...

annefan's correct. Many divorcing couples think that signing a "Quit Claim" deed prevents the spouse who retains the home to not have to refinance which is not true.

refinance or pay off the mortgage. Those are really the only two options.