Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

For the purpose of this law, if you have not owned a home in the past three years but your spouse has owned a principal residence, neither you nor your spouse qualifies for the first-time home buyer tax credit. However, a "first-time home buyer" is someone who hasn't owned a principal residence for three years before buying a house. The date of purchase is considered the day that the title is transferred. Since the house was never purchased but was inherited, I doubt f your husband could be considered as having bought a home before. Your accountant or CPA should be able to help you with this question.