Ask Jonathan Breeden Anything: What Happens to the House in a Divorce?

What really happens to the house when a marriage ends? Divorce doesn’t take your name off the mortgage. Courts almost never order a sale. And sometimes, years later, an ex can walk away with hundreds of thousands in equity they didn’t pay toward. In this episode, I ask: Who really owns the home after divorce—the one on the deed, the one on the mortgage, or the one still living there?