name on mortgage

[archie247]

am thinking of buying my dads house,thing is that he bought it in 2000 with his new wife.marriage only lasted 1 year and she dissappeared.my dad still paying the mortgage and its still in both names.i want to pay the mortgage off and get him to sign ownership to me.can i do this with his ex still on mortgage and deeds.

 

[mathepac]

No

 

[archie247]

what would be the best way to deal with this?

 

[mathepac]

Your unfortunate father needs to get legal advice from a family law expert and seek separation / divorce, including regularisation of property ownership.

I don't see it being simple or without significant cost and time involved.

 

[archie247]

my dad got divorce in the first year,i know her name is on the mortgage cos the letters from the bank are in both names,after my dad got divorced he failed to keep up with the payments and now has some arrangement where his some of his dss benefits are paying the mininium payment for the mortgage,as for the deeds i dont know if she is on them or its just the the bank name.