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by Gina Mullins on April 27th, 2005

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My ex-husband and I have been divorced for 6 years, but still own a house together. He has accepted my offer to buy him out. The mortgage is in my name already, but how do I change the title/deed into my name? What other issues might I need to address?

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  • by Heather on October 21st, 2009

    Heather

    You can have him sign a quit-claim deed once you have paid him the agreed amount for the home. You probably dont need to pay an attorney for that, you can easily handle it yourself. Once you have the signed quit-claim you can change the title with the title company and the deed with the county tax office. Make sure you keep record of the agreed amount and record of your payment to him.

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  • by Marguerite on October 3rd, 2009

    Marguerite

    You will need to hire a lawyer. He will draw out the papers for him to sign, giving you title of the house and the terms for it. It will then be noterized and filed. I don't know the details, but I do know lawyers know what to do in legal cases such as this. When I bought my house, I went through a lawyer who helped me with the paper work.

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  • by richardsutcliffe on October 3rd, 2009

    richardsutcliffe

    it depends on where you live but getting written signed and witnessed papers saying whats happening can sort out loads of problems later on, possibly talking to a laywer about this would be good because they'd be able to find out/know what you need to do in your country.

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  • by Kaizer Kakarot on April 29th, 2005

    Kaizer Kakarot

    You need to consider other legal documents that might have a say on the issue. If you have a pre-nuptial agreement articles in it can stipulate how to divide your common assets. To change the title/dedd into your name, you will need a signed deed of sale and process your TCT (transfer certificate title).

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