Paying off the mortgage; passing a home's title to an adult child. This week, those mortgage-related topics are addressed by estate planning attorney Lynn Dean, who answers readers' questions at Sacbee.com.
To see more of her "Ask the Experts" advice, go to: www.sacbee.com/ask. That's where you can also find answers on taxes, investing and other money matters.
To avoid probate, I'm thinking of putting my married daughter on my house deed as a joint tenant with right of survivorship. When I die, does my house become community property with her husband or does she inherit it alone? In case of divorce, would her husband have any claim on the house?
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http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/09/3460151/ask-the-experts-the-lowdown-on.html#ixzz1G7YKXXU7
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