What are my rights if my in-laws are signing the deed to my husband and I but they told us that only their son’s name could be added on the new deed?
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What are my rights if my in-laws are signing the deed to my husband and I but they told us that only their son’s name could be added on the new deed?
My in-laws are changing the names on the deed to their cottage to my husband and I. New Link Destination
day they told us that only my husband’s name could be on the deed because he is their son and they have not included my name. Is this accurate? We wanted it to be in both of our names,
Asked on October 23, 2018 under Real Estate Law, Wisconsin
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
No, they could add your name to the deed, too: there is no law whatever stating that you can only add a child to a deed or only sign over (e.g. quitclaim) property to a child. Of course, your in-laws may not want to add you to the deed, and if so, that is their choice: just as you couldn't make them sign over the deed at all, you can't make them include you on it if they only want to give it to their child. But this is their choice, not the law requiring them to do it this way.
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