Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois
removing ex-fiance's name off deed to house
When I became engaged, my fiance talked me into signing a quit claim deed, giving her rights over the house I had just purchased. She has never paid any of the mortgage, tax nor utility payments on the home. She broke the engagement last year. Is there any way to get her name off the title, especially since I can provide documentation that she never paid anything toward the house? I would prefer to do this without having to sell the house, if at all possible. Thank you.
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: removing ex-fiance's name off deed to house
However, the amount of interest may be something you could argue if it came to that. The best bet is talk to her.
Re: removing ex-fiance's name off deed to house
Since your ex-fiancee is on the deed for the house, she has an "interest" in that property. Whether she paid value is not nessarily important. You must somehow get her to sign over her interest in a deed to you. Attempting to sell the house could be more of a headache. Selling the house will not get her off of the deed. You will onlybe able to sell your interest in the house and not her interest.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
Very truly yours,
Thaddeus J. Hunt, Esq.
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Re: removing ex-fiance's name off deed to house
From a litigator's perspective, I suppose you could sue your ex-fiance, alleging that the quid pro quo of putting her on the deed was that she would marry you. Once she broke-off the engagement, she forfeited her right to remain on the deed.
-- Kenneth J. Ashman; www.AshmanLawOffices.com
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