Then how did my first wife get the house I bought as a single person with a VA loan?
You fell for the "If you really loved me, you'd put me on the title" line.
Been there done that, paid the price.
HOMESTEAD rules over all.
It rules over marital law and child protection. A lawyer explained it to me in a very lengthly conversation. Popped my eyes wide open.
BUT, he said, Homestead is NOT discussed, it is censored, a lawyer can be attacked if they are too loud about it, it is covered up. But homestead is still law.
Homestead is numero uno, but lied about & denied to the max. But you must find a brave lawyer, and do lots of homework. It denies much power to the judiciary. Even mentioning it is frowned upon.
So you were likely denied on a technicality. Or needed the right lawyer. And the house may still be yours.
A lawyer, hush hush, spoke the forbidden words to me. It makes sense because Big Judiciary wants to keep control over men and the best way is illegally deny home ownership turning him back into a slave.
ALWAYS HOMESTEAD !