Posted on: 05th Feb, 2009 05:04 pm
My father in law recently signed over his house to my wife, which was notorized then recorded at the courthouse. They have been fighting recently and now he wants to reverse it. We are in California, can he do this?
Reversal of a quitclaim is not an easy thing to do. Once a person (grantor) has quitclaimed his interest in the property to someone else (grantee), he/she cannot reverse it unless the grantee quitclaims it back to the grantor. However, if the grantor can prove that he/she signed the deed under pressure/influence, the deed can be nullified. Nevertheless, that is not going to be very easy thing to prove.
Your father can reverse the agreement of transfer if he can prove in the court through an attorney that your wife has forcefully made your father transfer the property to her.