The recorded deed is a starting point for seeing whose names appear in Johnson County land records. Missouri's divorce statute gives the court a role in setting apart nonmarital property and dividing marital property and debts. That means a deed is an important record, but a divorce judgment or another order about the house may also matter to what happens next.
The title company reviews the deed, title records, any applicable agreement or court order, and the closing requirements to confirm which signatures and documents this sale needs. A Missouri family-law attorney can explain what a particular order means for your situation. You can start a conversation about the house while those details are being reviewed.
Missouri Revised Statutes § 452.330 describes how a court divides marital property and debts and sets apart nonmarital property in a dissolution case.