<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please post to the list. Thanks. </div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-position:initial;background-image:initial;color:rgb(7,55,99);line-height:115%;font-family:Garamond,serif;background-repeat:initial">Chris M.
MacMillan</span></b><span style="background-position:initial;background-image:initial;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:Garamond,serif;background-repeat:initial">, Attorney<br></span><span style="background-position:initial;background-image:initial;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:Garamond,serif;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><sup>____________________________________</sup><br></span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)"> DEMCO LAW FIRM, P.S.</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"><br><sup>____________________________________</sup></span><br>
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<b>Email |</b> <a href="mailto:cmacmillan@demcolaw.com" target="_blank">cmacmillan@demcolaw.com</a> <br></span></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#073763" face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM Lynn Clare <<a href="mailto:lynnclare@clarelawfirm.com">lynnclare@clarelawfirm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">All</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have an unmarried couple who bought a home together. Both on the title. Both on the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note. They hold title as "Unmarried People" </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">She moved out in January 2023 and stopped paying the mortgage in July 2023. He has dithered and delayed about buying her share ever since. We want to partition and sell the property (he keeps missing mortgage payments and she keeps getting the notices - we're pretty sure he doesn't have the ability to find or borrow enough to buy her share.) He is adamant that she should not get credit for any appreciation in the equity since she stopped helping with the mortgage payments.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Is he right? And if you've briefed this exact issue, I would love to see your work.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Lynn Clare</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Clare Law Firm</div></div>
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