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Leaving aside the practical question of whether this is a smart thing to do, the legal answer is that it depends on what your Security Deed or Deed to Secure Debt says. In most standard documents, any transfer of ownership interest is an event of default that would allow your Lender, usually at their option, to declare the full amount due and to foreclose if you don't pay. So, read your security instrument, and to be extra safe, get written permission from your lender to do this before you do it. However, even before that, you may want to discuss the wisdom of such a move with an estate planning attorney. There may be better options.

If everything was joint with his new wife, then no. If he had any property in his name alone then you may be entitled to something, depending on what it was.