Transfer of mortgage after divorce

lilmissdisorganised

Hi, I'm posting this for a friend. Its a very complicated story. She and her ex husband divorced 19 years ago. They had a mortgage together for 1 year prior to this and she has a letter from her divorce stating that her husband agreed to sign over the house and all their belongings to her, however because she was not working at the time the bank refused to transfer the mortgage to her solely. The solicitors who dealt with the divorce still have this letter but it was never enforced in court. He has not paid a penny of it since.
My friend and her ex husband have 2 children together (now adults) who both live with her. She is disabled and one of them is her carer. He has been married twice since then but my friend has remained single and has never had anybody else live with her. After the divorce her ex husband cancelled the endowment policy so when the interest is all paid in 3 years there will be nothing to pay off the capital.
Her husband has not seen the children since the divorce. (Even told his own mother she was not to see them, even though the children had a good relationship with her until then). He dodged the CSA for many years and is currently £8000 in arrears with child support. He moved to Cyprus with his 3rd wife and their child for a year, where the CSA couldn't touch him but now he is now back and is paying £100 a month of the arrears to avoid prison. She contacted him not long ago and said that if he paid her £2500 and signed the house into her name so she could sell it she would call off the CSA but he offered her £1500 and refused to sign the house over.
My friend has struggled to pay the mortgage herself all these years and has fell behind several times. Recently the courts agreed that the bank could repossess the house however this was cancelled at the last minute on medical grounds. She found out that her ex husband had been phoning the bank every day leading up to the eviction date wanting to know when he will get his share of profits from the sale of the house. His current wife was very disappointed that it was cancelled and took to facebook to brag about not being able to wait until 2016 (when the capital needs repaying) to see how much money they will get. She has also reported my friend (and admitted it) many times for alleged disability benefit fraud, which each time has been proved unfounded. My friend is worried sick that when she is unable to pay the capital (or if the house gets repossessed before then) the bank will automatically give him half the profits. She wants to be able to sell it before this happens but doesn't know where she stands legally. Solicitors want £600 just to look at the case with no guarantee of success. Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks