If I just got married and my name isn’t on the house we are living in,doI have any rights to it?
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If I just got married and my name isn’t on the house we are living in,doI have any rights to it?
I also own a house. What are his rights to it?
Asked on June 25, 2011 under Family Law, Michigan
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You do not indicate for certain, but it appears that you and your spouse each owned your homes prior to marriage. If that is the case, then your spouse most likely does not have a right to your home, and you most likely do not have a right to your spouse's home--spouses keep their own, pre-marital property to the extent it is not willingly combined in some fashion. If either house was purchased post marriage, using marital assets (e.g. money from a joint bank account), then that may give the non-buying spouse some rights to it.
You and your spouse should decide what you'd ideally like to do with the homes--keep them separate; each have an interest in the other; etc.--and then consult with an attorney who can make sure that's what will happen.
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