Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

In 1988 I purchased a home with my wife. In 1992 she sold a home she owned. In sept 2008 she filed for divorce and I found out when she sold her home she paid our mortgage off and refied our home in just her name, the problem is somehow my name was taken off the title/deed. As it stands right now I am going to have to sell my home because I cannot get the needed refi to buy her out. Is this fraud? is there a statute of limitations on pursuing this? What are my options?


Asked on 3/30/10, 4:53 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
peter bark bark & karpf

I think the Police would treat this as a civil matter if you made a complaint. You need to go to court to have your name restored to the deed and void any liens which you did not sign for. If any lenders are out money as a result of her fraud, they will prosecute her. The statute of limitations starts to run when the fraud is or should have been discovered.

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Answered on 4/04/10, 2:19 pm


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