Q: Is it possible to have an abusive ex boyfriend's name removed from the deed to the home we both own?
I fled the relationship almost 4 years ago. I was followed, though. I was too afraid to live alone. Thankfully, i had many friends who offered me a safe place. Safe until my ex discovered where I was staying. Once he knew, he terrorized my friends until either I left, or was asked to leave. If my friends had children, he would call in false allegations to child protective services. He has chased me, on icy roads AND with children in the car, from a McDonald's back to where I was staying...as I rushed to get the children inside, he fired a gun at the car I had been driving. Last August, I and a friend of mine rented an RV from a friend of a friend. The last night we were there, my ex attacked me with a knife. I ended up in ICU for almost 2 months, and had 2 blood transfusions because of acute blood poisoning due to the knife having been rusty. He has a warrant, but he STILL harasses me. I returned to the home we co-own, that he had nearly destroyed, then abandoned just to stalk me.
A: It is possible. It is not easy or inexpensive but it is possible and may result in a sale of the property. In Ohio it is a remedy called partition. Partition cases in Tennessee refer to legal proceedings which allow joint owners of real estate to divide their interests in the property. In other words, if two or more people own a piece of property together, they can seek a court order to divide that property into separate ownership shares. Find an attorney who practices real estate law in the county where the home you described is located.
A: You may need to have forced sale through a Partition Action.
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