Quick claim deed

[Helpme2017]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law) Michigan

Is it possible to change a quick claim deed (joint tenants in common) of which there was a verbal agreement between my son and I that he would pay my taxes on the home for the remaining of my life . He paid them for one year and has stopped. The agreement was made in 2014. Thank you!

 

[Taxing Matters]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law) Michigan

Is it possible to change a quick claim deed (joint tenants in common) of which there was a verbal agreement between my son and I that he would pay my taxes on the home for the remaining of my life . He paid them for one year and has stopped. The agreement was made in 2014. Thank you!

You made your son an owner of the home and you cannot reverse that now. If you wanted that to be contingent on him paying the taxes on the place you really needed to get the agreement in writing and recorded. When it comes to real estate, in general verbal agreements are not enforceable.

That said, there is another option. You may sue your son for the amount of the property taxes that he should have paid but didn’t. You have to prove the agreement, of course, and since it is not in writing that will be harder to do. But if you can convince the court of the agreement you can get a judgment against your son for what he owes.

By the way, the term is “quit claim deed” not “quick claim deed.” It is a deed in which you give up (i.e. quit) any claim you have to the property and transfer any rights you did have to the transferee.

 

[HRZ]

Generally speaking oral deals about real eatate have the strength of wet toilet paper and oral deals that cover more than one year to perform are likewise without strength ...as they run afoul of the statutue of frauds ...which is about written deals .

I think you were stiffed by your son...and you have lousy odds or worse to reverse this ....but I'm no lawyer.

ARe you living in home now.....under what specific written agreement ?

 

[FlyingRon]

By the way, the term is “quit claim deed” not “quick claim deed.” It is a deed in which you give up (i.e. quit) any claim you have to the property and transfer any rights you did have to the transferee.

Specifically, it's a deed where you make no representations while making that transfer.