QUESTION
How to receive a property as a wedding gift from my mom so that my husband has no rights?
Asked on Mar 22nd, 2016 on Real Estate - California
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Hello, got married in Cali and mom wants to give me a flat as a wedding gift. But how shell we do it so that my husband has no rights if something would of happen in the future ? I am a foreigner currently working on obtaining my legal paperwork. My mom had a flat for me back in Europe but now that I am staying in California she wants to buy me a flat here.
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That's a complex question. A gift is separate property, but it can later be transmutted to community or quasi-community property. The best way to keep the house as separate property is for you to have a written agreement with your husband that the flat is your separate property.
Answered on Mar 23rd, 2016 at 4:49 PM