Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Texas

Parents owned a plot of land and put it in both mine and my sisters name when we were 12 or so years old. Later My parents did a transfer of deed of trust to put in my name only while we were still under the age of 18 years old. NOW an attorney is telling us that my parents may not have had a legal right to transfer my sisters property into my name even if we both minors and now if my sister wants she can contest in court to have the property returned to a 50/50 share of the deed of trust.

I thought parents if legal guardians had the right to transfer things like this if the children were minors? Is this the case or is it true the my sister does now have claim to the property almost 40 years later. Both parents are now deceased and the deed of trust and tax records so only myself as the owner.


Asked on 1/20/16, 3:11 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Joseph A. McDermott, III Attorney at Law

If the property was deeded to your sister, likely they could not put back in your name. "Deed of trust" is a mortgage in Texas; Don't know what that has to do with your situation.

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Answered on 1/20/16, 5:26 pm


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