Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Ohio

I have been separated from my husband for 4 years. he walked out on our family and started a new family. I have a chance to own a home now but was told i can not take ownership if my husband does not sign dower rights. My husband refuses to sign. I live in Ohio I desperately need the house, what can I do?


Asked on 8/26/11, 2:51 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Nancy Fioritto Patete Nancy Fioritto Patete, Esq.

If you are not legally divorced from your husband, this is correct. As a spouse, he would still retain dower rights, as you would if he were to buy real estate.

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Answered on 8/27/11, 10:39 am


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