Do I have any rights to a house still in my name

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Do I have any rights to a house still in my name

I was awarded the house in my
divorce I had 90days to refinance
or it would go back to my x I never
signed the deed over he died they
are trying to sell the home but
can’t without me sighing it over
what rights do I have if any

Asked on September 11, 2018 under Real Estate Law, Texas

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 5 years ago | Contributor

If you violated the decree or decision in your divorce, your ex-husband's estate can take legal action to enforce it against you: they file a motion or bring a lawsuit (the exact procedure to follow varies by the precise circumstances) and seek a court order transferring the deed to the estate, and/or seek to have the court punish you (with fines; possible with imprisonment for "contempt of court") until you sign the deed over to the estate as you should have signed it over to him while he was alive. Since you had been ordered to refinance or sign the deed over, if you did not refinance, you must sign it over: what happens to the house was already decided, and the estate can enforce that decision against you if it chooses.


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