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[Zigner]

She has no income and hasnt put in anything to the home not even sweat equity.

She's married to you - putting up with you has to be worth something...

 

[Zigner]

It's a mobile home. It has not been titled in our name since it's been unlivable till just recently.

Is there a contract in place?

 

[stealth2]

She's married to you - putting up with you has to be worth something...

This made me guffaw.

 

[not2cleverRed]

She has no income and hasnt put in anything to the home not even sweat equity.

Does. Not. Matter.

She is your wife. That home, legally, is just as much hers as yours.

Texas is a community property state. I suggest you use your google fu: "What are marital assets in Texas."

P.S. Sorry, somehow when I scrolled back I read TX. Michigan is an equitable distribution state. However, you are still trying to hide a marital asset.

 

[Zigner]

I'd like to know why the OP thinks he owns a trailer that's not in his name.

 

[not2cleverRed]

I'd like to know why the OP thinks he owns a trailer that's not in his name.

Better yet: he believes he has the power to retitle to Grandma.

 

[Shadowbunny]

This is just a guess, but I have a feeling that OP was doing a handshake-deal from a family member to buy said trailer and probably hasn't finished paying for it yet. Now that divorce is looming, he wants to protect said trailer from his wife's clutches. (And not that any of this would matter to hapless OP, as TX is STILL a community property state.)

 

[Zigner]

I agree - but I'd really like the OP to clarify this. Call it morbid curiosity

 

[LdiJ]

That makes no sense. If you own the house, then it would be in your name. How did you buy it if it's not in your name?

Another point is that you KNOW that the house is marital property and that you both bought it together...why else would you say "The house is still in the person we bought it from"? You are clear that you and your wife bought it ("we").

He bought the property at a tax auction and its not in their name yet. Not unusual. It takes a while sometimes.

 

[Drahgun]

by the way i keep seeing texas im from michigan

 

[stealth2]

He bought the property at a tax auction and its not in their name yet. Not unusual. It takes a while sometimes.

Well, he didn't actually say this. He said it was paid for with tax money...

 

[Just Blue]

Well, he didn't actually say this. He said it was paid for with tax money...

Yes...to me that means that he received a tax return and used it for a down payment/purchase of the home.

 

[not2cleverRed]

Yes...to me that means that he received a tax return and used it for a down payment/purchase of the home.

And somehow he doesn't get that the tax refund is marital money. Unless, of course, he married Dec 31st or thereabouts that tax year, or at least didn't earn money after marrying. Or some other convoluted thing.

But if he was married that entire year, and the taxable income was all marital, I'm not seeing how the tax refund could be anything but marital $.

 

[not2cleverRed]

by the way i keep seeing texas im from michigan

One person - me - referred to TX in one post.

Regardless, based on what you have described, you want to hide a marital asset by retitling it over to a relative. This is wasteful dissipation of a marital asset.

Because you have so little in the way of assets, your wife might choose not to pursue it, due to the legal cost. But it paints a very clear image of you here, and the type of person you are. If it goes before a judge, s/he might have the same impression of you, which makes you wife look a whole lot more credible.

You are being stupid, and potentially shooting yourself in the foot.