Posted on: 03rd Dec, 2009 03:52 pm
My husband and I got married last July. I sold everything I had including my house and moved in with my husband. He has 2 sons of a previous marriage. My name is not on the deed of the house. If something were to happen to my husband, can the sons put me out in the street?
Welcome cortati,
As your name is not on the property deed, you will not be considered as an owner of the property. If both the sons are on the property deed, then they can ask you to leave the property after your husband's death. I would suggest you to request your husband to add your name to the property by signing a quit claim deed.
As your name is not on the property deed, you will not be considered as an owner of the property. If both the sons are on the property deed, then they can ask you to leave the property after your husband's death. I would suggest you to request your husband to add your name to the property by signing a quit claim deed.
this seems like a topic that ought to have been discussed prior to the marriage, the moving in, etc. is there an issue with the sons? have you broached the subjett with your new husband? what brings this up now?
you'd better get protected by being given an ownership interest in the home by your husband.
you'd better get protected by being given an ownership interest in the home by your husband.
There are no issues with the sons, they are nice boys. I recently talked to my husband about it and he wants to do a quick deed. What brings this up now? I just realised I gave up, together with my possesions, all my securities and I presume that the laws in the USA may be different then in Europ where I come from. Thank you for your advice.
he wants to do a quit claim deed for what purpose? is it to add you to the title? that would be beneficial to you.
most definitely you're going to find laws different in the usa than in europe.
most definitely you're going to find laws different in the usa than in europe.
Indeed he wants to add me to the title. Now, his first wife is still on it. She will disappear from the deed and then he will do the quick deed. He even wanted to write and sign a paper immediately to make me more secure when I spoke about it. I do hope nothing will happen to him, I do love him but if it should, I am afraid about that. I just don't want to end up on the street because I loved him. So there is the emotional side and the legal side, high time to look at the legal side. Is there a problem that the immigration is not yet complete?
you say immigration isn't complete - are you still here on a visa? working on your green card? i think if you haven't received a green card yet, you might be wise to wait until then to play with the title to the home. of course, that's really a legal question that would be best answered by a lawyer - an immigration lawyer may be the smartest one to ask it of.
if you're an owner that'll be favorable in the event you ever were to lose your husband, of course. i understand (i think) your feelings about the love and the legal and the crossing of those lines.
if you're an owner that'll be favorable in the event you ever were to lose your husband, of course. i understand (i think) your feelings about the love and the legal and the crossing of those lines.