Posted by John Merchant on October 21, 2006 at 10:44:41:
Marc is right.
A final J is a good addition to the title and in fact a court J is often sought just for this purpose.
I’ve seen it used where a city bldg dept wouldn’t let a parcel be divided, but one of the parties to a P & S Agreement sued the other and specifically demanded their agreement be performed by the other party and the court said yes, the RE could and now WOULD be so partitioned and divided.
quit claim deed?? - Posted by Ron
Posted by Ron on October 15, 2006 at 21:41:55:
I was divorced about 6 years ago and I was stupid and didn’t take care of this matter with a property we owned. The loan was in both of our names and the property is too. She moved far away and I havn’t heard from her in the 6 years. I’m not really sure how to find her even. She has at one time since filed bankruptcy and she included the loan in this, even though I have always made the payments, insurance, and everything for the property. Now, I would like to sell this property, but here name is still on the title and loan still. Is there a way to handle this? Do I need to find here and get a quit claim deed? By the way, the home is in Colorado if this matters.
Thanks for the help in advance.
Re: quit claim deed?? - Posted by John Merchant
Posted by John Merchant on October 17, 2006 at 18:40:23:
You’re going to have to find her and either get a deed from her or file and serve her with a partition suit.
All you could deliver now would be a deed of your half interest and those aren’t very popular 
One consolation is the court is going to award you a large percentage of the property since you’ve made the payments, paid the insurance, etc…and you can prove she walked away by showing the court her BK petition and discharge.
what about?? - Posted by Marc Donovan
Posted by Marc Donovan on October 21, 2006 at 07:03:50:
I had a similar situation but I bought a property that had been marital property. The husband later claimed to have half interest. The divorce judgement stated the wife gets the house - no deed. My attorney (he owns the title co) said the divorce judgement is just as good as a deed. The title insurance underwriters paid him off though, so I never found out if my attorney was correct.