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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a PC that was divorced about 7 years ago and as a part of her divorce decree the house her and her ex-husband owed together was awarded to her ex-husband on the condition that he refinance the house under his name only.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Recently, the ex-husband passed away and PC just found out that her name was never taken off the mortgage and that her ex-husband had been behind on the mortgage payments on the property. She found this out when she had a credit check done
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<p class="MsoNormal">She wants the divorce decree enforced and her name removed from the mortgage; the issue is that there is no party to bring a CR 70 motion against since the ex-husband is deceased and no probate has been initiated.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am a newer attorney and have not encountered this problem yet. Has anyone dealt with a this problem that is willing to discuss possible solutions to get her name off the mortgage and enforcement of a divorce decree when the party to bring
the action against is deceased and no probate has been initiated?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Robert D. Maxwell</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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