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Transfer of deed after Death?

Posted on: 25th Feb, 2007 07:23 am
My Sister was added to the deed of her friend's house. he died suddenly. What does she need to do to protect her interest in the house?
She needs to talk to an attorney. But a lot may depend on how title is held.

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Posted on: 25th Feb, 2007 09:19 am
Swaufor,

Your sister's interest will be protected as she is owns a certain percentage of the property. Her friend could not have decided alone as to whether he would give away his property to someone after death. At least he should have consulted your sister as she is a co-owner.

Your sister needs to find out if her friend has made any Will on his property, though that may not affect your sister as her name is already on the deed.
Posted on: 25th Feb, 2007 10:06 pm
I was probably a little hasty in my previous response. I was thinking of probate issues, and whether the deed was filed and recorded, and things of that nature.

But Alex is correct, her interest should be protected if everything was handled properly.

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Posted on: 26th Feb, 2007 04:03 am
yeah, seems alex is right.
Posted on: 27th Feb, 2007 04:12 am
My father passed away in 2006, his name my mothers name and myself are on the house deed. My father in his last two years was in hospice care with medi-Cal. Now Medi-cal is coming after our house for payment of services. How can I take my deceased father off the deed to avoid medi-cal from coming after the property?
Posted on: 13th Mar, 2009 09:03 am
Hi cynthia,

I don't think it is now possible to avoid medi-cal from coming after your house. Even if you remove him from the title, that would not be considered as valid and medi-cal can still place a lien on the property.
Posted on: 14th Mar, 2009 02:23 am
My mom passed away in 2002 and she left the house to me in her will. Her estate has already been to probate, but the house is not in my name yet. What type forms do I need to file to record the deed in NYC?
Posted on: 22nd Sep, 2009 08:07 am
my mother died 4 yrs ago & my stepfather died 1 yr ago. my stepfather had a will that left his home to me. There is still a mortgage owed on it for about 5,000.00 that i have been making the payments on. Do i need to pay this mortgage off to have the deed put in my name?
Posted on: 08th Feb, 2010 02:09 pm
hi mlb,

the property will have to be probated so you can get the title in your name. if you qualify for a refinance, you can do so to put your name on the mortgage. if the loan is assumable, you can also assume the loan and take over the responsibility of mortgage payments. however, if none of these options work, you can simply keep making the payments on time to retain the property.
Posted on: 10th Feb, 2010 11:14 pm
In my opinion she must take advise from an attorney and specially take care about that because its a serious and legal matter.

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Posted on: 12th Feb, 2010 10:44 pm
my mom just passed away about a month ago the tittle we in my name in care of my mom and just recently put it in my name after she passed now a brother of mine wants to put the house in rebate does he have any chance of doing it since the house is in my name now and bin on the tittle more than two years
Posted on: 24th Mar, 2010 04:26 pm
Hi tstonepool,

This query has been discussed at the following page:
http://www.mortgagefit.com/propertytransfer/probate-title.html

In case, you have more questions to ask, just feel free to post.
Posted on: 25th Mar, 2010 02:31 am
my mother passed away living a will and left me a house how do I transfer the property under my name.
Posted on: 26th Mar, 2010 07:50 pm
To Yesenia,

Since your mother left the house to you in a will, the property will have to be probated. Once the probate process is complete, you will get the title in your name.
Posted on: 27th Mar, 2010 02:14 am
My mother recently passed away. She and her partner have a house under the agreement "tenants in common". In her Will, has left her share to myself and my sister. He has two mortgages on his share, and although our solicitor has obtained probate, I have been told that is not able to put our names on the deeds without his consent, and that he is able to transfer my mother's share to his new partner, and is not obliged to transfer to us, her inheritors. What can be done to ensure that my mothers wishes are respected? Thank you for your advice.
Posted on: 10th Jun, 2010 05:38 am
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