Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Michigan

shared domicile

My father lived with a woman for twenty years. He bought a house for her, but only put her name on the deed. She died three years prior to him without naming him as benificiary. She had no known living relatives. He paid taxes and insurance in his name. He later died. Is there any way I can claim the house as his heir?


Asked on 11/20/05, 8:50 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Gregory J. Roth Gregory J. Roth, PLLC

Re: shared domicile

If the house was placed (and kept) solely in her name, and she did not name your father as a beneficiary in a will, the house remains propery of her estate and would pass to her heirs. As you are not her heir, you would not be entitled to the house. The fact that you are your father's heir is irrelevant.

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Answered on 11/21/05, 10:22 am


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