My husband and I have been married for 43 years, however, the home we have lived in all the time has only been in his name. What do we need to do to add my name to the deeds under property law? We have owned our home for 20+ years. Just having one name was an oversight at the time. Hope someone can point us in the right direction. Many thanks.
TAS Adding a name to house deeds.
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Thanks for replying. Yes marriage good. We both have had wills for many years. Hub is 72 and I'm 62. We recently upgraded a car and was told to put into both names and given the reasons why. We then thought about the house and being just in my husband's name we wondered if worth while to alter. Our wills are very basic...leaving all to the surviving spouse. The deeds are held at our solicitor's office so maybe a call to him will give us peace of mind?
Should be fairly straight forward... As you are married you should also be granted an exemption from transfer duties as well... IF the property is under finance in one name only though, that could be a problem because then the lender may require you to refinance & issue a new mortgage in both names... That would be under the new stricter lending guidelines too..
Call your lender if you have a loan & the land titles office in your state for certainty..
Call your lender if you have a loan & the land titles office in your state for certainty..
Thank you. We have owned the house outright for many years. No mortgage. My husband has been ill the last few years and I think he is now regretting just having it in his name only, especially when he heard about transfer duties and such. I will contact our solicitor though just for peace of mind. Thank you for responding.
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