Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

My X wife who recently died had a Will and gave substantially all her personal assets and one-half ownership of our home to her 3 daughters who are also her Executors. She and her husband principally kept their assets separate with her paying the bills and buying the household items.

For 36 years she and I jointly owned the home in California were she and her husband lived. The Title was in "Joint Tenancy" but she recently "Quit Claimed" title to me prior to her death.

Q - Can her husband claim that (a) the personal assets and (b) the one-half interest in the house she Willed to her children are actually his as they were married at the time she died and Calif. is a "Community Property" State?

Thanks - Bob T.


Asked on 5/10/15, 11:43 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

You posted your question under General Civil Litigation, but it's really about Probate Law. Please re-post it under that category. More lawyers with the relevant experience will see it there, and future users with similar questions will be more likely to find it.

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Answered on 5/11/15, 9:55 am


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