New York State
I have a question pertaining to real estate and survivorship. I currently share survivorship on a house deed with my 'step-father' - my mother lived with this gentleman for 20 years, but they actually never married. She recently passed away in March. To protect her interests in the home, all she has invested in it, she asked that I be put a survivor on the home before she died. This way, she felt, all her investment would not be lost and something would be left for her family.
The problem is that since my mother passed, my step father's daughter has been snooping around - she has a bad track record of committing id theft and 'tricking' him to alter his will in the past.
My question is this - is there any way that, since my mother and him never actaully married, that his daughter can contest the surivorship of the property in the event of his death?
Also, can a will be used to transfer this propery upon his death to another indivdual.
This woman has a bad track record - committing ID theft and charging more than 20,000 in credit card debt in his name without his knowledge, having him unkowingly sign his estate over to her under false pretenses etc. My fear is that her sudden reentry into his life after my mother's passing is not coincidental, and I want to protect our interests, and all my mother invested in this property. Over the 20 years she resided there, she funded most of the improvements etc.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thank You.
I have a question pertaining to real estate and survivorship. I currently share survivorship on a house deed with my 'step-father' - my mother lived with this gentleman for 20 years, but they actually never married. She recently passed away in March. To protect her interests in the home, all she has invested in it, she asked that I be put a survivor on the home before she died. This way, she felt, all her investment would not be lost and something would be left for her family.
The problem is that since my mother passed, my step father's daughter has been snooping around - she has a bad track record of committing id theft and 'tricking' him to alter his will in the past.
My question is this - is there any way that, since my mother and him never actaully married, that his daughter can contest the surivorship of the property in the event of his death?
Also, can a will be used to transfer this propery upon his death to another indivdual.
This woman has a bad track record - committing ID theft and charging more than 20,000 in credit card debt in his name without his knowledge, having him unkowingly sign his estate over to her under false pretenses etc. My fear is that her sudden reentry into his life after my mother's passing is not coincidental, and I want to protect our interests, and all my mother invested in this property. Over the 20 years she resided there, she funded most of the improvements etc.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thank You.