Challenging or Terminating a Property Transfer Agreement
in Real Estate ·
Regarding the breakup, it all really boils down to what kind of contract you're looking at.
If Grandma doesn't have a formal agreement on hand, you can just head over to the county recorder's office (at the district court) and ask for a photocopy from the public records. It’s a public record, after all—anyone can request it without having to give some long-winded explanation about why they need it. You'll just have to pay a few small filing fees.
And as for property transfer taxes? Between a grandmother and her grandson, there’s no tax to worry about, regardless of what the grandson owns at the moment the title transfers.
There's also the option of seeking partial legal incapacity for the father if his drinking has made him reckless; specifically regarding how he handles assets. But honestly, that's a complicated mess, and you'd definitely need to go talk to the department of social services to get the facts straight.
Either way, you've got to tread carefully here; you don't want things to escalate into domestic violence. Maybe the father would even be open to signing a contract amendment? For instance, where the ownership shifts to the grandson, but the grandma and father keep the right to live there and collect any income from the property, while the grandson takes on the responsibility of supporting them.
If Grandma doesn't have a formal agreement on hand, you can just head over to the county recorder's office (at the district court) and ask for a photocopy from the public records. It’s a public record, after all—anyone can request it without having to give some long-winded explanation about why they need it. You'll just have to pay a few small filing fees.
And as for property transfer taxes? Between a grandmother and her grandson, there’s no tax to worry about, regardless of what the grandson owns at the moment the title transfers.
There's also the option of seeking partial legal incapacity for the father if his drinking has made him reckless; specifically regarding how he handles assets. But honestly, that's a complicated mess, and you'd definitely need to go talk to the department of social services to get the facts straight.
Either way, you've got to tread carefully here; you don't want things to escalate into domestic violence. Maybe the father would even be open to signing a contract amendment? For instance, where the ownership shifts to the grandson, but the grandma and father keep the right to live there and collect any income from the property, while the grandson takes on the responsibility of supporting them.