Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New York

If title to the property is in your name alone, you can add the children to the title. The deed would pass to your children outside the will.\n\nIf your husband is on the deed with you, you would need your husband\'s permission to transfer your 1/2 share to your children. \n\nYou do not need your husband\'s consent to make a will. However, under NY law you may not disinherit a spouse. The spouse would be entitled to $50,000. Furthermore, if the house is titled in your name and your husband\'s name as \"husband and wife\" or as \"joint tenant\", then the house passes to the husband outside the will.\n\nMike.