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Ex-wife Has Ownership Of House But I've Been Living In It And Paying The Mortgage, Can She Legally Sell The House? (i Signed A Quick Claim Deed But Technically Am Still On The Mortgage)

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Location: Florida

Please let me preface this with me stating that I am posting this for my father.

Long story short my mother has decided to leave the state and is threatening to sell the house they both owned at one time. While he did sign a quick claim deed, he still has his name on the mortgage. For the past 10 years he has been the one paying towards the house and living within it. At no point has she made a payment towards this home since they divorced 12 years ago. She is trying to claim she has the ownership able to get him kicked out of the house if she took it to court, and is now leveraging this by extorting monthly payments to her from him, on top of him paying the monthly mortgage bill.

Is there any possible way my father could win this if things ended up in court? Would it even be entertained in court? Are there any options to avoid having him kicked out if he stops paying the monthly 'extortion fee' my mother is asking from him?

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