Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

signature on deed

my husband wants me to take my name off the deed to our house. I some time drink and drive and he is worried about a lawsuit and loosing the house. If we get a divorce and my name is not on the house, am I still entilled to half of the house.


Asked on 4/04/06, 12:06 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Roger Traversa Arjont Group (Law Office of Roger Traversa)

Re: signature on deed

You acknowledge you sometimes drink and drive? So give up one or the other.

I applaud your husband, but also suggest that his action will not suffice. If he knows that you drink and drive and doesn't do what he can to prevent it and the likely harm that it will incur, then he MAY be as culpable as you when you crash and kill or maim someone. In other words, because he is in a position to influence your harmful activity and where his actions are insufficient to prevent that harm, he is likely to be sued as you are when you eventually crash and injure someone. Especially if he has the "deep pockets" of having the house in his name.

Now be an adult and either stop drinking and driving or seek treatment for what seems to be a drinking problem.

To answer your actual question, it depends.

Regards,

Roger Traversa

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Answered on 4/04/06, 2:46 pm


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