Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Florida

who keeps the home

If the wife bought a home before marriage, raises two children to adult age, but they never leave the property. Then marries but never adds the husband to the deed and then preceeds the husband in death and has no will. Who gets the property in question?


Asked on 8/29/08, 9:59 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys
Frank J. Pyle Probate Attorney Throughout Florida

Re: who keeps the home

The husband gets a life estate (he can use the property for the rest of his life - live in it, rent it out, etc.), and at his death it belongs in equal shares to her children who survived her.

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Answered on 8/30/08, 7:47 pm
Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: who keeps the home

Husband gets a life estate.

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Answered on 9/02/08, 8:11 am
David Slater David P. Slater, Esq.

Re: who keeps the home

The husband and children.

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Answered on 8/29/08, 11:11 pm


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