Quiet Title Action Help!
I was in a relationship with my then girlfriend (April 2006). I bought this condo in Orange County, CA with me on the title as the lone owner and the mortgage completely in my name since she did not have a good credit. After a month, she wanted me to get her on the title, which I obliged since I was planning to get married to her anyways. Once she got on the title as the part owner, her tone changed and I had to break-up the relation with her. And also at that time she had gotten admission to a school to get her RN Nursing degree to which she needed a loan. Since she did not get approved for the student loan, she brokered a deal with me that if I I co-sign on the loan, she would sign back the papers to me (revoking her part of the home ownership). I obliged, but I made a stupid mistake of having her mail the notarized documents (quit title claim), since the very next day early morning of us notarizing the documents, I had to go out of country (I was visiting my home country). Anyhow, a month later I got back, my home belongings were gone and she had never mailed the documents. This was Aug 31st 2006. Since then she has made me help her financially for school using the papers as a bait and been making excuses for not mailing back the documents. I am now stuck in a rut. I need advice as to how I can proceed, since I did approach a attorney, and they wanted me to create a trust for the retainer fee which I cannot afford to put up (it was a lot !!). I would appreciate if anyone knows how to deal with this by myself, or another legal solution. Couple of things in my defense are....
1. I signed her on the title ONLY on the pretense of maariage
2. She has not made a contribution of a single penny towards the mortgage or the property taxes since the condo was bough
3. She has not resided in this property since Aug 2006.
4. She has not provided her location, of where she resides. Only way to contact her is by email, when I request for an address, she gives me out an address that is supposedly of a friend of hers.
I Would really appreciate any input.
this is a tough one.
Find another atty.
call the bar association and get a free like $30 consult.
Is it worth it?