What is the name of your state? California
My father-in-law died a few months back, leaving his house to my wife and her brother in a trust, equal shares. My wife plans to get a mortgage loan to buy out her brothers share of the house so it will be all hers. She wants to include my good credit in her loan applications and get enough of a loan together to pay off her brother and fix up the house a little, which is fine with me, however, she says that the house needs to stay in the trust so that the property taxes will remain low, and that the title may be changed to show her as the owner but my name would not be on it. Since she's been unfaithful twice in the last 2 years and has told numerous of her friends that she's divorcing me someday, I tend to think she would just like to better her own situation right now and that after she's nice and settled in her new home could start talking divorce again, we split up, and I have nothing to show for the who knows how many thousands of dollars I put in to the house that she's currently calling, "our house". I understand it's "her" inheritance, but if we do indeed end up going seperate ways someday, I'd hate to be homeless while she holds a title to a house I spent alot of money on. We have been married for 17 years -2 children, 12 and 10. I'm just wondering if there are any legal or wise steps I could take at this time, any sort of rights i may have, so as to not be sorry later. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My father-in-law died a few months back, leaving his house to my wife and her brother in a trust, equal shares. My wife plans to get a mortgage loan to buy out her brothers share of the house so it will be all hers. She wants to include my good credit in her loan applications and get enough of a loan together to pay off her brother and fix up the house a little, which is fine with me, however, she says that the house needs to stay in the trust so that the property taxes will remain low, and that the title may be changed to show her as the owner but my name would not be on it. Since she's been unfaithful twice in the last 2 years and has told numerous of her friends that she's divorcing me someday, I tend to think she would just like to better her own situation right now and that after she's nice and settled in her new home could start talking divorce again, we split up, and I have nothing to show for the who knows how many thousands of dollars I put in to the house that she's currently calling, "our house". I understand it's "her" inheritance, but if we do indeed end up going seperate ways someday, I'd hate to be homeless while she holds a title to a house I spent alot of money on. We have been married for 17 years -2 children, 12 and 10. I'm just wondering if there are any legal or wise steps I could take at this time, any sort of rights i may have, so as to not be sorry later. Any help would be greatly appreciated.