Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Connecticut

I gave my fiance the money for the down payment for a home for us and her 2 kids. After the house was renovated by me she had a quick claim deed drawn up at her work...a bank. I was given a copy signed by the branch manager, a co-worker, a notary at the bank, and by my fiance. She later injured my 4 year old daughter and the relationship dissolved after her arrest. Since then I have had to leave the home and lose everything I invested. Please help me fight back. Thank you.

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The paper I have is a COPY. It is not the original. If I have the copy notarised by the same notary is it valid for recording? If not what can I do?


Asked on 11/21/09, 6:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Linda Subbloie Linda A. Subbloie, Esq.

I'm not clear on the facts. Did your ex-fiance quitclaim part of her interest in the home to you or all of it? You should try to record it on the land records even if it's a copy. If the clerk on the land records won't accept it for recording (try it anyway) then, yes, have the same notary notarize a copy, but make a clean copy first so that you don't mess with the only one you have in the event you need it for a court trial. Also, if the clerk on the land records won't accept it for recording, then ask her/him if affidavits by the two witnesses at the bank would help.

When you say you had to leave the home and lose everything you invested, what do you mean? You had to move out? Is that it?

The copy can still be good enough to prove you own the home, assuming she quit claimed the entire house to you.

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Answered on 11/26/09, 9:23 pm


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