My mother transferred ownership of her mobile home to me but now she wants me to sell it. That was never what she had requested before. My wife and i live here and pay the space and taxes and everything for the home, it has become our home for 4 years.
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My mother transferred ownership of her mobile home to me but now she wants me to sell it. That was never what she had requested before. My wife and i live here and pay the space and taxes and everything for the home, it has become our home for 4 years.
Am I obligated to sell my mobile
home which is only in my name and
give up my home just because it is
my mother’s wish? Does she still
have rights to this house. P.s.
we live in California.
Thank you
Asked on September 10, 2016 under Real Estate Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
If she actually gave you title (and took herself) off, then no, you are not obligated to sell it: in that case, you are the owner, and as the owner can decide what you want to do with it, regardless of your mother's wishes. Once somone gifts something to you and transfers ownership to you, it is yours.
But if she never actually transferred title to you--she just said she would or intended to--then she, not you, is the still the owner and it si her mobile home; in that case, she not, you decides what to do with it and she can sell it if she wants to. (In this case, the fact that you paid the expenses, etc. does not give you any rights to it; in a way, you can view that as having been your rent for the years you lived there.)
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