Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

Lawyers don't get names removed from mortgages. The only way that happens is if someone refinances or assumes the mortgage. Your divorce paperwork contains the answers as to whether or not that was required. Based on your post, you probably chose in the papers to transfer title without requiring a refinancing.

Please note that you CANNOT and DID NOT both use one lawyer. That is grounds to disbar a lawyer. It sounds like you made the mistake of dealing with his lawyer, and it is unlikely you have a right in that case to remove his name. See a lawyer now that YOU hire, but it is unlikely you can fix the mistake that was caused by you choosing not to have counsel. As you have found that is an expensive mistake.

You should not have transferred your rights to the home UNLESS it was required in the settlement agreement that he refinance the home. Read your settlement agreement and if you are confused, discuss this with a family law attorney and have them read the agreement.

The same lawyer should not have represented you both. And even if the lawyer did, it was not up to the lawyer to remove your name from the mortgage. That was your ex-husband's job IF the agreement required him to refinance the home.

You can ask if your ex-husband will consider giving you your share of the equity in the home, but I doubt it. IF you do not sign, he may try and take you to court and you are not going to win.