Posted on: 05th Feb, 2007 07:38 pm
if my sister signed a quit claim deed to me and i later added my girlfriends name to it before i filed it, is it legally hers and mine.
yes loismyers, both you and your girlfriend are the legal owners of the property.
Hi Loismyers,
You are saying that the house was owned by your sister only and she quit claimed it to you but the deed was not recorded at your local county recorder's office.
Before it was filed and recorded you made a new quit claim deed to add your girlfriend's name to the property.
Only after the old deed was recorded you gained ownership of the property and it should be much better if you file the second deed now for making your girlfriend the co-owner of the house. When this second deed is made out and filed, the property will be in both your names.
You are saying that the house was owned by your sister only and she quit claimed it to you but the deed was not recorded at your local county recorder's office.
Before it was filed and recorded you made a new quit claim deed to add your girlfriend's name to the property.
Only after the old deed was recorded you gained ownership of the property and it should be much better if you file the second deed now for making your girlfriend the co-owner of the house. When this second deed is made out and filed, the property will be in both your names.
No, I said my sister signed a quick claim deed to me before I went and recorded it I put my girlfriends name on it along with mine. Then I recorded that document the one and only deed that my sister signed to me.
My son-in-laws, sister & husband signed a quit claim deed to him.
A little while down the road he put my daughters name on the deed before they were married that his sister & husband signed. he never filed it, he gave it to his attorney with strict instructions that when he had enough money to go and file it for him. Well unfortunately my son-in-law was killed in an accident and the money my daughter received from the insurance she gave to the attorney to file the deed, is it valid, does she own the house or does it go back to his sister and her husband. My main concern is could my son-in-law put her name on the deed he got from his sister & her husband or did he have to file it first and then do one with my daughter and was it legal for the attorney to file the deed.
A little while down the road he put my daughters name on the deed before they were married that his sister & husband signed. he never filed it, he gave it to his attorney with strict instructions that when he had enough money to go and file it for him. Well unfortunately my son-in-law was killed in an accident and the money my daughter received from the insurance she gave to the attorney to file the deed, is it valid, does she own the house or does it go back to his sister and her husband. My main concern is could my son-in-law put her name on the deed he got from his sister & her husband or did he have to file it first and then do one with my daughter and was it legal for the attorney to file the deed.
Lois, I am really sorry to hear about your son-in-laws death.
"My main concern is could my son-in-law put her name on the deed he got from his sister & her husband"
This would mean that his sister and husband quit claimed the house to your son-in-law and daughter. This is not what they did. They gave it to your son-in-law.
The first deed was made out and as required by law was signed by his sister and husband as grantors in front of notary public and the notary public must have signed and stamped it. Afterwards your son-in-law added your daughter's name to it but the copy of the actual deed with the notary public would have only his name as the grantee. So the addition will not be considered legal.
Making a new deed with your daughter as the grantee would have been the correct way. But quite unfortunately your son-in-law died in the accident.
David
"My main concern is could my son-in-law put her name on the deed he got from his sister & her husband"
This would mean that his sister and husband quit claimed the house to your son-in-law and daughter. This is not what they did. They gave it to your son-in-law.
The first deed was made out and as required by law was signed by his sister and husband as grantors in front of notary public and the notary public must have signed and stamped it. Afterwards your son-in-law added your daughter's name to it but the copy of the actual deed with the notary public would have only his name as the grantee. So the addition will not be considered legal.
Making a new deed with your daughter as the grantee would have been the correct way. But quite unfortunately your son-in-law died in the accident.
David