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I need help. My sister is trying to take my house that was left to both of us. The home I am living in now.
Asked on Jun 08th, 2017 on Civil Litigation - Virginia
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The house was left to both of us when my mom passed away. She tricked me into letting her put the house in her name. She convinced me if my name was on it the student loans I owe would have taken the house. She rushed me into doing it. Now she is taking me to court to kick me out and sell it. She also said I will get nothing from it. She took me to court in January and the judge told her she needs to take me to civil court. Now she is trying to do it again the same way
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That is terrible that you trusted someone who is supposed to love and stand by you and she has completely screwed you over! Once you signed the house over to her you essentially relinquished your rights to it. It's not like a marriage where you may retain rights to it even without your name on it. However, there may be some hope in trying to show that the retitling of the house to her was a fraudelent transfer, if you received nothing of value from her in the transaction. There ordinarily has to be done SOME benefits to both parties for a contract to be valid. This is not a contract case; it's a property case, and I'm not entirely sure if there is a comparable doctrine for property transfers, but again maybe on some kind of fraud theory.
Answered on Jun 09th, 2017 at 8:56 AM