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My sister bought a house with a friend 14yrs ago after 3 mths they walked away from the propety,leaving her
to pay for the on going mortgage and bills,at one stage she was taken to court for mortgage arrears but managed to pay off all arrears owing.at the time the ex prtner on the house deeds stated when it went to court that she wanted nothing more to do with the property,how does my sister go about changing the deeds when there is no way of tracing her?she dosent want to sell the property but needs peace of mind that after a long struggle to keep up with all the up keep that the house is soley hers in old age .thankyou in advance for any help

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She needs to appply to the land registry to have the deeds changed to her sole name, and this is better done through a solicitor, especially considering that they are currently in two names and the other person, to her knowledge is not deceased. It will also depend on the bank/building society, and whether both peoples names still appear on the mortgage account, because of the length of time witout taking any action she may have to prove that she has received no contribution from the other person even though all payments have come from her own account.

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thankyou for your time in giving her an answer,this has been a great help to her .