Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Texas

Transfer of home

Dear Sir:

My mother is 81 years old and is still living in the house that she and my dad purchased in the 1950s ! She needs to move to an assisted living facility and wants to transfer the house ownership to her children. Question: Does she have to specify a particular child as receiver or can she list all of her five children? OR would it be better to set up a collective "trust" etc. for later distribution at the time of her death?

Thank you for your help!


Asked on 1/26/00, 1:06 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Roger Powell Roger T. Powell, Attorney

Re: Transfer of home

Your mother can name all five of her children on

the deed to the house she wants to transfer. You

need to remember that if she does name all of the

children, each will have to sign the deed or a power

of attorney before the house can be sold after your

mother's transfer.

If your mother puts the house in a "trust" she can

put the house in the name of one of the children

as "Trustee" and then have the Trustee sell the house

at her death and distribute the funds to the children.

There are considerable requirements that go with

a "trust" and you probably need to consult an attorney

to establish one for your mother.

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Answered on 1/30/00, 4:04 pm


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