Joint Tenacy Problem

[waltonman]

We live in New York State and we have a problem.

My wife and her mother own the home we all live in. They are not getting along and her mother keeps threating to go to a lawyer and get her name off of the deed.

The house is paid for and the taxes are current. Her mother put up the money for the house originally. They are joint tenents with right to survivorship.

I imagine there is some way to resolve this legally by one or the other. Neither will sign the existing deed over to the other.

If one can be removed, now long does it take?

 

[HomeGuru]

We live in New York State and we have a problem.

My wife and her mother own the home we all live in. They are not getting along and her mother keeps threating to go to a lawyer and get her name off of the deed.

The house is paid for and the taxes are current. Her mother put up the money for the house originally. They are joint tenents with right to survivorship.

I imagine there is some way to resolve this legally by one or the other. Neither will sign the existing deed over to the other.

If one can be removed, now long does it take?

**A: file partition action but be prepared to pay off Mom.