kathy mcdermott
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- Jurisdiction
- California
my husbands divorce was final from me in may 2015, prior to marriage his uncle left him a house. The house was left actually to his father and aunt. They signed their interest to my ex. He was not employed and had bad credit so I financed the home using my income and my two sons disability income. My maiden name is on the mortgage and the note but after the loan was signed I put him on the deed in name only (titled "his name" single individual and "mine" single individual) I filed for the divorce because he left me for another woman and I was blamed for a lot of things that i had not done so I let him go. He left me after 13 years and got married a year and not quite a month after he left. Anyway, back to the house. He knew he was on the deed and nothing else and he told me he wanted nothing from me and I could keep it. So I did and for 13 years he never held a job I did and then i became disabled and then my mom spent more than 1/2 of a 100,000.00 savings on improvements to the house. I went to court to get the house post divorce and instead I settled, thinking he would let me see my grandchildren, and only asked him to sign paperwork for the city and habitat for humanity to help improve so many things wrong with the home. The now "wife" refuses to let him sign the house to me and she wants me to take me and my disabled son and walk away from the house with nothing. The house is worth $86,000 and I owe $137,000.00. They have said they dont want the house or money they are happy where they are i want my home??? my son and i are both on SSI so i cannot afford an attorney and the free one at the court house, if you can get to see them, lasts about 5 mins. PLEASE HELP ME SAVE MY HOUSE. right now we have no carpet because of bugs HIS family brought in.