Piscataway, NJ asked in Real Estate Law for New Jersey

Q: Can my fiance get his name removed from his mortgage he has with his a exgirlfriend if she is paying the bank note?

They have been broken up for close to three years .And he hasn't lived in the house in that amount of years she has.She has been paying the mortgage on the house.My fiance doesn't want the house and told her she can have it just get my name off the mortgage on the house.She is not co operating or responding to any of his messages. He can not buy another home as long his name is on the bank note.Is there something g he can do.She is lazy and doesn't want to do nothing to help to get his name off the bank note.

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A: The only way that his name can be removed is if his ex-fiance agrees to refinance the mortgage or if he retains counsel to force a sale of the property.

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