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<div>Just as a point of clarification regarding loan modifications. Most promissory notes require a writing to modify the existing note. Thus, in order to modify the note (existing contract) all parties to the contract need to sign and agree to the modification.
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 12:23 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [WSBAPT] Removal of name from title<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Oh! Actual loan modification, not a refinance? I missed that nuance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">That's modification of a contract with the lender. I don't see why the bank couldn't just drop her as a contractually liable party, but whatever--banks
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I still get the sense we are missing some relevant facts. If she has a valid legal or equitable interest in the underlying property, that is probably
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Doran<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 11, 2016 11:50 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Heather: I think I missed something in your email. The girlfriend is on the DOT and Promissory Note that has been filed with the Auditor. That means she is on title. This is not a refinance but a loan modification.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I think we either have to find her and get her to sign off or....... a Quiet Title action without serving her???? That's where I am unclear.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Heather deVrieze <<a href="mailto:heatherd@westseattlelaw.com" target="_blank">heatherd@westseattlelaw.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Trust, it sounds as though she is actually on title. If she is on title, a quiet title (or finding her) is your option. If she is, however, only on the Note and DOT, a refinance will not require her signature or any Court action.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Doran<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 11, 2016 10:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Real Property Section <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Removal of name from title</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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moved to England in 2009. My client is in the process of modifying his loan with PennyMac, Inc. In order to complete the modification we have to have the girlfriend sign off or get her name removed from the documents by some sort of Quit Claim Deed or Court
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