So, as many second homeowners are closing up their family retreats for the season, it might be a good idea for those at or nearing retirement age to think about how they might pass the asset down to the next generation — especially when multiple children and their spouses will be entering
into joint ownership.
Putting your non-marital property
into joint ownership with your spouse may also be considered as a gift to the marriage.
Not exact matches
Shares in Minbos Resources surged on news it has entered
into an agreement to sell half of the company to
joint venture partner, Petril Projects, in exchange for full
ownership of the Cabinda phosphate project in Angola.
In order to get their fare paid and to preserve part
ownership in the project they went
into a voluntary
joint stock company.
Joint ownership offers numerous benefits, but there are underlying issues to take
into account.
However, if you deposit money
into different
ownership categories — such as single and
joint accounts — your deposits in each category are insured separately.
Perhaps you should also take
into account that you both will probably sign for the HELOC, (due to the
joint ownership of the house,) so, you are also eligible for the tax deduction, as long as you also have some investments.
A spouse can convert separate property
into marital property by changing title from individual to
joint ownership during the marriage, in which case a court would presume that the spouse intended to make a gift of the property to the marriage, and will treat the property as jointly owned.
A spouse can convert separate property
into marital property by changing title from individual to
joint ownership, in which case a court would presume that the spouse intended to make a «gift» of the property to the marriage.
A spouse can change separate property
into marital property by changing the title
into a form of
joint ownership, effectively making a gift to the other spouse.
On the other hand, in respect to the real estate that was also put
into joint names as
joint tenancy because the husband indicated on the transfer of
ownership to he and his wife that it was being done for «natural love and affection» (to avoid land transfer tax among other things) the wife retained her 50 %
ownership interest of the real estate.
An exception exists if you muddied the waters of your separate
ownership, such as if you titled a particular asset in
joint names or deposited your separate money
into a
joint marital account.