<div dir="ltr">No idea. We have not been in contact with the buyer. The Ex sold the property without my Client's knowledge, and the sale was just recently discovered.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Josh Grant <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jgrant@accima.com" target="_blank">jgrant@accima.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:#000000">
<div>Did the buyer get title insurance?</div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">
<div style="FONT:10pt tahoma">
<div> </div>
<div style="BACKGROUND:#f5f5f5">
<div><b>From:</b> <a title="rossgardner.jd@gmail.com" href="mailto:rossgardner.jd@gmail.com" target="_blank">Ross Gardner</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 07, 2016 4:06 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">WSBA Real Property Listserv</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Post-Divorce Property Transfer Debacle
Question</div></div></div>
<div> </div></div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline"><div><div class="h5">
<div dir="ltr">Good Afternoon Everyone,
<div> </div>
<div>I have a bit of a unique situation. I have a Client who divorced a
couple of years ago. As part of the property settlement agreement, C
agreed to give the house to the Ex by quitclaim in exchange for being removed
from the mortgage. Ex also stated that there were no outstanding
encumbrances or liabilities other than the mortgage and credit card debt.
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Ex asked C for the quitclaim deed in early 2014, but apparently refused to
remove C's name from the mortgage, so C did not produce the quitclaim
deed. Somehow, the Ex was able to sell the home a few months later without
C's consent. The chain of title magically goes from Husband and Wife as
owners of the property, to a single person transferring the property to a
buyer. Ex supposedly had to pay money into the deal to make it happen, so
there were no proceeds.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>It also turns out that Ex mortgaged a portion of their backyard prior to
the divorce to Ex's parents in exchange for $100k, which violated the property
settlement agreement and also was probably not disclosed to the buyer.
That backyard portion was recently reconveyed to Ex.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Although there were clearly shady dealings going on, I don't know if any of
this is actionable since my client did not have any monetary damages.
Obviously, we can probably try to undo the whole deal and/or report the real
estate and title agents to their professional boards, but my client does not
seem to want to go that route (thankfully).</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Does anyone have any other suggestions? Is there anything I am
missing? I would really appreciate any and all input on this.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thanks so much!</div>
<div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best
Regards,<br><br>Ross Gardner, J.D</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Attorney
</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">.<br><a style="COLOR:rgb(17,85,204)" value="+14258704430">425-870-4430</a><br><a style="COLOR:rgb(17,85,204)" href="mailto:RossGardner.JD@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a></font><a href="mailto:Ross@tglawgrp.com" target="_blank">Ross@tglawgrp.com</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.tglawgrp.com" target="_blank">www.tglawgrp.com</a></div>
<div> </div></div></div>
</div></div><p>
</p><hr>
_______________________________________________<br>WSBARP mailing
list<br><a href="mailto:WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbarp" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbarp</a><p></p></div></div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
WSBARP mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbarp" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbarp</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best Regards,<br><br>Ross Gardner, J.D.<br><a value="+14258704430" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">425-870-4430</a><br><a href="mailto:RossGardner.JD@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">RossGardner.JD@gmail.com</a></font><br></div>
</div>