If I need to go to court to have an ex's name removed from property that I am now in possession of and have total liability for, would it be best to have a lawyer or just go file papers and go to court to fight my own case? He abandoned the property 7 months ago leaving me totally financially responsible and won't sign the title so I can sell it. My name is the only name on the loan and we're not married and only lived together for 3 years.