Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Arizona
second mortgage
After leaving my husband and
getting a separation agreement. Our
assets should be divided equally but
recently he took a second mortgage
for at least 45000 on the house in
both of our names without my
permission and without my signature
and pocketed the money and or
spent it. is this fraud and do I have
any legal recourse.
Asked on 8/03/07, 3:53 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
James Jenkins
Jenkins Law Center PLC
Re: second mortgage
Any loan against the property you did not sign for should go against only his one-half of the house. It is unusual for a lender to make such a loan. I would immediately investigate this further. See a family law attorney. Your name may have been forged.
Answered on 8/06/07, 12:58 pm