Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana

What Can I do?

Me and wife were recently married in December of 2000 and she was recently deviroced in June of 2000 and she stated to her ex-husband that she did not want any part of there home they had together, all she wanted was her name off the morgage, and now it is June of 2001 and he has not gotten her name off of the mortgage, what can be done about it, cause he will not do anything about it and I have no info to try to get her name off of that mortgage and wife lives in Tennessee and he lives in Lousianna were the home is, can u give us advice on what to do?


Asked on 6/10/01, 9:44 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Nick Pizzolatto, Jr. Pizzolatto Law Office

Re: What Can I do?

The mortgage company controls whether your wife's name will be removed from the mortgage, not the ex-husband. I assume she has a judgment partitioning the community property, with him getting the house and agreeing to be solely responsible for the mortgage. While that is binding between your wife and her ex, it is not binding on the mortgage company. If he fails to pay, they will look to her for payment. If she does not have a judgment dividing the community, she should get one.

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Answered on 6/28/01, 5:03 pm


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