QUESTION

Cosigner on a loan

Asked on Oct 15th, 2014 on Civil Litigation - South Carolina
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My brother got his son in law to cosign on a home loan. The son in law and daughter have divorced. The son in law wants his name taken off the loan. However my brother has not been late nor missed a payment. Can the son in law do anything to alter the loan?
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Appellate Practice Attorney serving New York, NY
Not without the lender's consent, which it might give if someone else with financial resources equal to or greater than the son-in-law's would agree to be a substitute guarantor (I assume the son-in-law was not a co-owner but just signed as a guarantor.)
Answered on Oct 16th, 2014 at 10:10 AM

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