napinrags
Sep 17, 2012, 12:56 PM
Will try to cut to the chase on this. I was going through a divorce in 2006. I hired and paid for my attorney. My ex-wife hired her own attorney. In our divorce, we agreed to sell the house and split the money/
I went to my ex wife a few weeks after the divorce and asked her if I could pay her 35K to move on with her life. I have a special needs child and didn't want to uproot him. She agreed. I cut her a check and she moved on... A year after the divorce, I remarried and placed my current wife's name on the deed of my home.
I did this via Quitclaim deed (no title search)
Fast forward to Sept 2012... I went to refinance my home, to find out I have a lien on it. My ex-wife's attorney placed a charging lien on the property. I went to the courthouse and received the "Notice of Charging Lien". It was notarized and signed. But under where it says "Certificate of Service" (certifying that a copy was sent to my attorney) it is not signed.
My attorney searched my file and could not find this notice. I spoke with my ex-wife and she "had no idea" how this occurred.
What should I do?
I went to my ex wife a few weeks after the divorce and asked her if I could pay her 35K to move on with her life. I have a special needs child and didn't want to uproot him. She agreed. I cut her a check and she moved on... A year after the divorce, I remarried and placed my current wife's name on the deed of my home.
I did this via Quitclaim deed (no title search)
Fast forward to Sept 2012... I went to refinance my home, to find out I have a lien on it. My ex-wife's attorney placed a charging lien on the property. I went to the courthouse and received the "Notice of Charging Lien". It was notarized and signed. But under where it says "Certificate of Service" (certifying that a copy was sent to my attorney) it is not signed.
My attorney searched my file and could not find this notice. I spoke with my ex-wife and she "had no idea" how this occurred.
What should I do?