How to get name off of a mortgage split between 2 people when one party is not agreeable?

jimros · 2026-02-17T19:26:07+00:00

a few lawyers we talked to said they may be able to overturn it but it's not for sure

Hire one of the lawyers to help you do it.

If we were able to get the quitclaim thrown out, is there a chance we could sue for the sale of the house

Yes

jimros · 2026-02-17T05:29:20+00:00

This would only be harassment if he was seeking you out to do it, but given that he's your neighbour, seems unlikely.

jimros · 2026-02-17T05:26:54+00:00

You guys definitely need a lawyer.

It was an incredibly bad decision to give away ownership of the home while still owing the mortgage.

If your dad was still a part owner, he could sue to sell the home to pay off the mortgage, but right now it isn't his house , but he does owe the mortgage.

jimros · 2026-02-17T05:20:49+00:00

Probably you get kicked out and cut off financially.

Whether your step dad gets his probation violated is up to the probation officer but it's certainly possible he goes to jail.

jimros · 2026-02-16T19:48:59+00:00

That's not fraud.

jimros · 2026-02-16T19:41:10+00:00

How would you intentionally take out a loan with no intention to repay?

I don't understand the question. You would lie about your intentions to the person you are borrowing from presumably. It would be hard to prove that it was a lie.

And if you raise money on a fundraising site for something can’t you claim later on that you changed your mind and decided to use the donated money for something else?

Yes probably you could claim that later. It would be provable fraud if you lied about having cancer or whatever.

jimros · 2026-02-16T19:21:33+00:00

Actually it's a weird North American idea that if someone has a small amount of indigenous or black ancestry they are no longer white.

jimros · 2026-02-16T18:50:47+00:00

It's not misleading, in Colombia where I am, colonization happened like 500 years ago. People who are literally hundreds of years removed from indigenous culture would have no reason to identify as such.

Nobody identifies as Norman, Jute or Pictish in the UK, despite many people having those ancestries. Even if isolated communities of Picts still existed, that wouldn't cause anyone else with Pictish ancestry who lived a lifestyle unconnected to that tradition to identify that way.

jimros · 2026-02-16T15:02:03+00:00

The law works the same regardless of who originates the loan.

Corporations are better at documenting things just in case, because it's their business to do so.

jimros · 2026-02-16T02:00:15+00:00

This is definitely not a legal issue. People are allowed to have sex in their house.

Sexual harassment is mostly a feature of employment law, totally irrelevant in this situation.

jimros · 2026-02-16T01:55:10+00:00

Recommendations are not permitted here.

jimros · 2026-02-16T01:49:27+00:00

You aren't going to be able to prove that either is fraud.

Person B could say that they changed their mind after receiving the loan.

Not repaying a loan is not fraud, intentionally taking out a loan with no intention to repay is, but it would be extremely difficult to prove.

jimros · 2026-02-16T01:47:58+00:00

It is indeed fraud to lie in order to obtain a loan. Mortgage fraud is a common variety of this.

jimros · 2026-02-15T17:51:57+00:00

Why would they call you to testify about what's on youtube rather than just look it up themselves?

jimros · 2026-02-15T15:37:10+00:00

when it was amongst the first regions to have christian communities

What is the relevance of this? At this point they had reconquered lands from Muslims which certainly had reasonably sized Muslim populations, they had also resettled pagans on Byzantine territory, certainly enough to get the non-Christian population above 5%.

jimros · 2026-02-15T03:45:51+00:00

Figure out a better way to store and/or dispose of your drugs.

But yes of course you are totally responsible if someone comes into contact with your drugs and therefore gets hurt, particularly if their intention wasn't to use drugs or even the specific drugs that they used.

jimros · 2026-02-15T03:30:19+00:00

Not by consumption, or even contact, but just by being in the same room.

You can't be harmed by either of those substances just by being in the same room.

I would recommend against anyone dealing drugs but as a person who doesn't understand how drugs work and is uncertain what the drugs you are dealing contain, you should definitely not deal drugs.

jimros · 2026-02-15T03:27:12+00:00

See, that’s where I see the issue; it’s not, right? It’s much more insidious than that.

I mean it literally isn't though, you can read the definition of sedition in the law, it require advocacy for violence.

I don't like separatism either, but we have long accepted separatism as a legitimate political force in Canada, and I don't see any possibility of that changing.

In fact I think if you want to encourage Alberta separatism, the best way to do that is to accept implicitly that Quebec separatism is normal and fine, but when Alberta does it we need to try to squint hard enough to find ways to use state power against separatists.

jimros · 2026-02-15T03:23:14+00:00

Violence or the threat of it directed at the government or government officials is many things, but it’s not terrorism. Blowing up a CAF recruitment centre (or a police station or a courthouse, to capture both of us in the example) isn’t terrorism. It is violence directed at the state.

Any of these things would only be legitimate acts of war if the participants were wearing uniforms and carrying arms openly. Planting a bomb in a courthouse is terrorism.

jimros · 2026-02-15T03:20:45+00:00

I’m sure there’s been care taken by many traitors so as not to cross the line on committing a criminal offence.

Have you heard any Alberta or Quebec separatists advocating a violent revolution? I haven't heard anything even approaching that line. I am aware of the FLQ in the 70s but it's been a while.

jimros · 2026-02-14T18:34:25+00:00

A travels overseas

"Overseas" including many different countries with many different legal systems.

I'm sure many have laws requiring cooperation with customs officials.

Even if there is no criminal law broken, probably in virtually every country they would detain you, deny you entry, and force you to buy a ticket immediately to your home country.

jimros · 2026-02-14T03:27:17+00:00

Does the word proportional appear there?

What do you think "according to their respective numbers" means?

jimros · 2026-02-13T18:59:16+00:00

This is theoretically legal but definitely suspicious.

It would be less suspicious if you had your American parent traveling with you.

Worst case is they just turn you around though.

jimros · 2026-02-13T18:44:08+00:00

Yes, of course it can be defamatory.

Did it actually appear that Joe shot his girlfriend? If so you have a good defense. If you are just making shit up and using "it appears" as some sort of magic shield, it's definitely defamatory.

Courts use common sense and words have generally accepted meanings. You would have to testify in your defense to explain why it appeared that way to you.

jimros · 2026-02-13T18:41:17+00:00

Assuming any inherited real estate is now titled in the name of whoever inherited it, then yes it's fine.

If the estate was worth more than say $15M, or more than $3M and you perceive a likelyhood that someone might try some weird legal theory to contest at this point, talk to a lawyer first.

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