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What happens if my parents leave my house to my son?

What happens if my parents leave my house to my son?

If your parents do decide to make wills – and assuming you are tenants in common – they can each leave their share in the house to whoever they like. If your son inherited a share, he would become a joint owner alongside you and your surviving parent.

What happens to the house if my mother dies?

So if your mother dies, the house goes to you and your father and then to you when he dies. If you are joint tenants, the fact that your parents don’t have wills makes no difference to what happens to the house if either of them dies.

What kind of family did my husband work in?

In many ways, we were an ordinary family – mum, dad, two kids, a Volvo in the drive. And in some ways we weren’t so ordinary. As a ship’s engineer, my husband Daniel worked away from home for up to four months at a time.

Who are the owners of my parents home?

Q I own my home with my parents. It’s jointly owned between me, my mother and my father. Also living here are my husband and my son (who are not named as joint owners). My parents haven’t got wills. What happens to my home if I’m still living here when they die? Does the property automatically come to me or does it go to probate?

What happens when a sibling refuses to leave the House?

The terms of the living trust stated after the parents die, the trustee sells the home and split the proceeds. Selling the house occupied by a sibling who lived rent-free in the home and refused to leave presented challenges. As one might imagine, it did not take long before the sibling living in the home became the bad guy.

What happens if one sibling inherits a house and does not pay rent?

One sibling inherits real estate and the sister who lives in the home does not. The sister that lives in the home did not pay a fair rent, or any rent, and refused to leave after their father died. The terms of the living trust stated after the parents die, the trustee sells the home and split the proceeds.

Can a sister live in a house that has been sold?

To increase the value of the property the successor trustee completed the recommended repairs. The home was listed and sold. The sister living in the home could not request to partition the property because the trust owned the real estate, and the trust directed that the home gets sold after the father died.

How old is my husband and my stepdaughters?

There is a ten year age difference between my husband and I and there is a 14 year age difference between myself and my oldest step-daughter. My relationship with my stepdaughters, started off okay, but has since taken a major turn for the worse.

What happens when parents transfer property to children?

If the parents transfer the property during the parents’ lifetime without remaining on the title as a joint owner, then the children receive the property with the same tax basis that the parents had in the property.

When does a mother become the owner of a property?

Right to property is governed by personal and statutory laws. Once the mother (a woman) acquires any property through will or gift or by inheritance or it a self-acquired property, she becomes the absolute owner of the same. Under Hindu Law, the property of a mother devolves as per the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (the Act).

If your parents do decide to make wills – and assuming you are tenants in common – they can each leave their share in the house to whoever they like. If your son inherited a share, he would become a joint owner alongside you and your surviving parent.

When did my mother leave the property to my brothers?

Q When my mother passed away in 2012, she left her property to me and my three brothers – the deeds have been changed accordingly. One of my brothers has lived in the property for around 25 years.

Can a son turn his own home into community property?

If your son owned his own home outright and renovated it using money from their own funds, it would turn that home into community property. There are exceptions to that. In this case, the home was a gift from you.

Why did my father transfer his home to my name?

Several years ago my mother passed and our family lawyers recommended that my father transfer their home (now his) into my name. He is in great heath, thankfully, but the idea was to protect the house should he need medical care in the future. A quit claim was done, filed and while he has life use the house has been “mine” since.