Legal Question in Real Estate Law in New Jersey

wow....what is going on? i have no way to evaluate what he is doing, not enough info.

husbands and wives usually work together, especially on a big thing like home purchase.

this is bad.

I do real estate all the time. there is some missing information. Please call my office or call me at 973 808 2003

Are you on board for the move? For buying the house? So long as you're OK with the house itself, and your name is on the Deed with your husband's, you will be the co-owner. You will also be asked to sign the mortgage, but not the mortgage note. The note is the obligation to pay. It sounds like the loan was written based only on your husband's credit. That, by itself is not nefarious.

But if you feel that your husband and his family are ganging up on you and more is going on, you may want to consult with a family lawyer, not a real estate lawyer.

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O good grief.

I wasn't going to respond because the question seemed off-center. Then I saw these responses and I said I had to post.

Your first thought should not have been to talk to a lawyer. This tells me that you're not ready for this move. You should put the whole deal on hold, not because he's a jerk but because you need to hedge your bets

He's making you a no-strings gift. The deed gives ou half ownership of the property with no legal obligations. Whatever downside is in this deal is not coming from the documentation. Though you might ask to see a copy of the mortgage so you know if you and he would actually "own" anything. And I smile when I say that because it's still a gift and such horses need not have their teeth checked: you can always make an old nag into glue.

You're on the right track, though. Years ago, there was an episode of "Maude" in which Maude's divorced and unremarried daughter was in the final stages of a courtship. Prospective husband announced, at the climax of the episode, that he had bought a house for them to live in. Daughter was outraged. Most obviously, since the two had been about to merge economically as well as socially (and physically in most cases), how dare he commit so much of his financial resources without discussing it with her first?

And how dare he pick out a house--any house--without consulting her for her tastes and desires. Maybe you'd prefer to rent for a year before adding to the commitment of a marriage.

And major ecch factor: is this house approved by Mommy?

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